{"product_id":"george-washingtons-first-war-david-a-clary-9781439181119","title":"George Washington's First War: His Early Military Adventures","description":"\u003cb\u003eRenowned historian David A. Clary studies George Washington's early military career as a young colonel during the French and Indian War, and how those campaigns influenced his leadership and strategy as a general during the Revolutionary War and as the first president of the newly formed United States of America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe searing, formative military adventures of the inexperienced boy colonel of the French and Indian War who grew up to become one of the great soldier-statesmen of his age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGeorge Washington wasn't born a military leader. He became one the hard way--through trial and error and perseverance at a very early age and in the most trying circumstances imaginable. From the massacre of a French diplomatic party by soldiers under his command (thereby starting a world war), to his surrendering of Fort Necessity to the French, to his leading a harrowing retreat of British troops under fire, we see Washington learn the lessons of command. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Washington's First War\u003c\/i\u003e is a story told in vivid language, combining dramatic depictions of battle with the anxieties and frustrations of an adolescent who's not yet a great man. Readers learn of harrowing ordeals in the wilderness, the hitherto little explored role played by the Indian nations whose continent this was, and the epic clash of empires that all combined to turn the young Washington into the great commander and president of his age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David A. Clary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143918111X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439181119\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.37h x 5.64w x 1.04d","brand":"David A. Clary","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45180204286207,"sku":"9781439181119","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7a5dd30a-34c5-4622-a44a-9d5a34232d8d.jpg?v=1712897708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/george-washingtons-first-war-david-a-clary-9781439181119","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}