The Education of George Washington: How a forgotten book shaped the character of a hero

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Regnery Publishing, Feb 10, 2014 - Biography & Autobiography - 400 pages
George Washington—a man of honor, bravery and leadership. He is known as America’s first President, a great general, and a humble gentleman, but how did he become this man of stature?

The Education of George Washington answers this question with a new discovery about his past and the surprising book that shaped him. Who better to unearth them than George Washington’s great-nephew, Austin Washington?

Most Washington fans have heard of “The Rules of Civility” and learned that this guided our first President. But that’s not the book that truly made George Washington who he was. In The Education of George Washington, Austin Washington reveals the secret that he discovered about Washington’s past that explains his true model for conduct, honor, and leadership—an example that we could all use.

The Education of George Washington also includes a complete facsimile of the forgotten book that changed George Washington's life.
 

Contents

Prologue
1
Chapter One
13
Chapter Two
39
Chapter Three
55
Chapter Four
73
Chapter Five
93
Chapter Six
109
Chapter Seven
133
Chapter Ten
209
Chapter Eleven
233
Chapter Twelve
249
Chapter Thirteen
265
Chapter Fourteen
281
Appendix
291
Bibliography
331
Index
337

Chapter Eight
163
Chapter Nine
185

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About the author (2014)

Austin Washington is the great-nephew of George Washington. He earned graduate degrees in history, with a concentration in the colonial period in America, and is a writer, musician, entrepreneur, and global traveler. He returns to an old Virginia Washington family home whenever he can.

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