My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
&#;His Excellency: George Washington&#; is Joseph J. Ellis&#; bestselling biography of our first President, published nearly a decade ago. Ellis is a well-known author and history professor focusing on the revolutionary era. He is perhaps best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning book &#;Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation&#; and has written about Presidents Adams and Jefferson as well.
Among the nine biographies of George Washington currently in my library (counting each of Flexner&#;s volumes individually), Ellis&#; biography on Washington has been much more widely reviewed, and presumably read, than any of the others. Whether or not coincidental, it is also by a fair stretch the shortest book of the group. But since quality and quantity are often unrelated, my expectations for the book were not the least bit diminished by its relative brevity.
Having read &#;His Excellency: George Washington&#; so soon after completing Flexner&#;s more thorough series on Washington may have disadvantaged my ability to consider Ellis&#; work entirely free of external influences, but also provided me a more enlightened fr
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Who Was George Washington?
George Washington was a Virginia plantation owner who served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolutionary War, and later became the first president of the United States, serving from to
Early Life and Family
Washington was born on February 22, , in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He was the eldest of Augustine and Mary’s six children, all of whom survived into adulthood.
The family lived on Pope's Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They were moderately prosperous members of Virginia's "middling class."
Washington could trace his family's presence in North America to his great-grandfather, John Washington, who migrated from England to Virginia. The family held some distinction in England and was granted land by Henry VIII.
But much of the family’s wealth in England was lost under the Puritan government of Oliver Cromwell. In Washington’s grandfather, Lawrence Washington, migrated to Virginia. Little information is available about the family in North America until Washington’s father, Augustine, was born in
Augustine Washington was an ambitious man who acq
My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
[Updated]
The journey to read the best biographies of every president from George Washington to Barack Obama seems a long and ambitious one. With just a single president in the rearview mirror now, the path ahead still seems quite formidable.
Having just finished nine biographies (by five authors) on Washington, it seems natural to pause for a moment to reflect on how far we have traveled. And since few people possess the burning desire to read a half dozen or more books on Washington to find one that is &#;just right&#; it also seems appropriate to provide some parting thoughts before pressing ahead to meet John Adams.
Thus far, the adventure has been far more satisfying than expected. Although I knew George Washington&#;s life was certain to be interesting, it proved immensely more so than imagined. His evolution &#; from an underprivileged but ambitious youth into a judicious and astute leader &#; was captivating and could hardly be better constructed in a work of fiction. My education on Washington was made easier, of course, by the fact that many of the biographies I read were outstanding.
* I began my preside
George Washington Biography
George Washington, the first American general, president, and national hero was born in rural colonial Virginia on February 22, After the early death of his father, a young George Washington (only seven years old at the time) learned the ways of farming and planting as he became the primary owner of his family's plantation farm. He stayed at home throughout his early teenage years, helping his mother run the family's estate.
At the age of fifteen, George became a surveyor. He was able to land this prestigious job through vital connections that his older brother, Lawrence Washington, possessed. Lawrence Washington was close partners with the wealthy Colonel William Fairfax, a very wealthy Virginian politician and landholder. After receiving a good word from the influential Colonel Fairfax, George Washington not only became a successful surveyor, but also was placed in a position to gain land and political positions. Upon the death of his brother Lawrence, George achieved his first political position in Virginia's Northern District. Furthermore, Colonel Fairfax took the young Washington under his wing as a role model an
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