Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
by Brookhiser, Richard
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684822911
- ISBN 13
- 9780684822914
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Edition Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Fine Condition. Pristine, in ivory half cloth with gilt titles, black boards, tight, solid and square, sharp corners. Internals as new also. Richard Brookhiser goes in search of the real George Washington and discovers, under layers of19th century piety and 20th century cynicism, a figure that can evoke our admiration today. Far from a one-dimensional figure who pales beside his contemporaries Jefferson, Madison and Adams, Washington emerges as a complex, highly intelligent and audacious individual. Brookhiser surveys his career as soldier, founder and statesman, a quarter of a century of leadership in battle. constitution-making and politics. 230 pages with Notes sand Index. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. 1996, Free Press/Simon & Schuster, New York.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029064
- Title
- Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington
- Author
- Brookhiser, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0684822911
- ISBN 13
- 9780684822914
- Publisher
- Free Press/Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- PRESIDENTS GENERALS CONTINENTAL ARMY, UNITED STATES POLITICS US HISTORY AMERICAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography. Autobiography;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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