Washington: The Indispensable Man

Washington: The Indispensable Man

by James Thomas Flexner
Washington: The Indispensable Man

Washington: The Indispensable Man

by James Thomas Flexner

Paperback(Reissue)

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Overview

After more than two decades, this dramatic and concise single-volume distillation of James Thomas Flexner's definitive four-volume biography George Washington, which received a Pulitzer Prize citation and a National Book Award for the fourth volume, has itself become an American classic. Now in a new trade paperback edition, this masterful work explores the Father of Our Country - sometimes an unpopular hero, a man of great contradictions, but always a towering historical figure, who remains, as Flexner writes in these pages, "a fallible human being made of flesh and blood and spirit - not a statue of marble and wood... a great and good man." The author unflinchingly paints a portrait of Washington: slave owner, brave leader, man of passion, reluctant politician, and fierce general. His complex character and career are neither glorified nor vilified here; rather, Flexner sets up a brilliant counterpoint between Washington's public and private lives and gives us a challenging look at the man who has become as much a national symbol as the American flag.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780316286169
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication date: 02/22/1994
Series: Back Bay Book
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 448
Sales rank: 320,588
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range: 13 Years
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