George Washington: A Biographical Companion (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781576070826)

This encyclopedia offers an A-Z retrospective of George Washington's life, career, and historical significance, based in large part on Washington's own words and those of his contemporaries.

George Washington dominated his era like few other Americans. Yet the complexity of the historic events he was involved in and the sheer magnitude of his correspondence--the most voluminous in colonial America--can be overwhelming for researchers.

The goal of this volume is to make the larger-than-life figure of George Washington accessible to modern researchers. In its 200 entries readers will discover a detailed and surprising portrait. Washington was not a cold, aloof, and unknowable man, but was extremely convivial by nature; a general who commanded the Continental army without pay but was a better administrator than military strategist; a man of deeds whose appearance was, according to one contemporary, "truly noble and majestic;" a man known to his contemporaries for his complete honesty.

Author: Frank E. Grizzard
ISBN-10: 1576070824
ISBN-13: 9781576070826
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Language: English
Published: 05/22/2002
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.13lbs
Size: 10.22h x 7.18w x 1.21d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2002 pg. 79
Choice 11/01/2002 pg. 452
American Reference Bks Annual 01/01/2003 pg. 315
Booklist 05/01/2002 pg. 1546
Library Journal 08/12/2002