Washington: The Indispensable Man

James Thomas Flexner

New American Library, Mar 1, 1979 - Biography & Autobiography - 430 pages

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User Review  - Steve - Goodreads

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Review: Washington: The Indispensable Man

User Review  - James Hetzel - Goodreads

This is a very good single volume biography of George Washington. Flexner does a wonderful job of exploring the many facets of a truly good man and his fine character. A very accessible book that would also be excellent for a high school student.

Contents

• A Powerful Apprenticeship 17321753: 1
• A Clumsy Entrance on the World Stage 17531754: 8
• Love and Massacre 17541755: 17

About the author

A National Book Award Laureate; Recipient of a Special Pulitzer Prize Citation; Winner of the Society of American Historians' Parkman Prize, the Gold Medal of the American Academy of Arts and Letters for "Eminence in Biography

Bibliographic information

• Title: Washington: The Indispensable Man
• Author: James Thomas Flexner
• Publisher: New American Library, 1979
• Length: 430 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State; Fiction / Media Tie-In; History / General; Presidents