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Crutchfield, James A.

 
9780765310699: George Washington (American Heroes S.)
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ISBN 10: 0765310694 ISBN 13: 9780765310699
Editorial: St Martin's Press, 2005

Sinopsis

George Washington rose from anonymity as a minor landowner and surveyor to become America's first national hero. With no military training he led the thirteen fledgling colonies through five years of gruelling war against England, steering proceedings of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia and served two terms as the first president of the United States. He was so revered that by the end of the war some of his generals urged him to install himself as king, an idea he looked upon with "abhorrence." Nor would he consider standing for a third term as president. In this revealing book, James Crutchfield writes of Washington as an enigmatic man ("No more elusive personality exists in history," an eminent Harvard historian observed) whose outward commonness concealed a quick, analytic mind, capable of learning from mistakes, gauging his successes not by battles but by the effect his decisions would have on of his country.

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James A. Crutchfield of Franklin, Tennessee, is author of many books on American history.

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Editorial
St Martin's Press
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0765310694
ISBN 13 
9780765310699
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
224
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