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Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
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Title Description Today's craving for emotional intimacy and personal detail in our celebrities frustrates us when we confront the aloofness and reserve of George Washington. In their biographies, the humanizers have done more damage to Washington than the debunkers. It is as if fresh insights into the public life of this master military leader, politician, and diplomat were not sufficiently spellbinding, as if the biographer must exhume murky gossip and devise salacious scandal to engage today's readers. The truth is that when Washington was alive, he was no nonentity or figurehead, but was treated with reverence and awe. How can it be that the Washington of today is viewed as a stone monument rather than a monumental man? Richard Brookhiser's revisionist biography helps evoke the admiration Washington deserves. Recommendations Customers who ordered this book also ordered: 1. Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain by Robert Harvey; read by Richard Matthews. (CD, Tape, or Audio Download) 2. Scoundrel Time by Lillian Hellman; read by Kate Reading. (CD or Tape) 3. The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport by Carl Hiaasen; read by Carl Hiaasen. (CD or Tape) Customer Reviews Have you listened to this audiobook? Please submit your ratings and review it!
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