Washington
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The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life, he carries the reader through Washington's troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian Wars, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention and his magnificent performance as America's first president.
Despite the reverence his name inspires Washington remains a waxwork to many readers, worthy but dull, a laconic man of remarkable self-control. But in this groundbreaking work Chernow revises forever the uninspiring stereotype. He portrays Washington as a strapping, celebrated horseman, elegant dancer and tireless hunter, who guarded his emotional life with intriguing ferocity. Not only did Washington gather around himself the foremost figures of the age, including James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, he orchestrated their actions to help realise his vision for the new federal government, define the separation of powers, and establish the office of the presidency.
Ron Chernow takes us on a page-turning journey through all the formative events of America's founding. This is a magisterial work from one of America's foremost writers and historians.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 december 2011
Aantal pagina's: 904
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Ron Chernow
Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Books Ltd
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 154 mm
Product hoogte: 52 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 154 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 55 mm
Verpakking lengte: 235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 1127 g
EAN: 9780143119968