George Washington Reconsidered

Higginbotham, Don

ISBN 10: 081392006X / ISBN 13: 9780813920061

Published by University of Virginia Press, 2001

About this Item

Softcover, in very good condition. Clean pictorial covers of black-and-white illustration of George Washington, with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Binding is square and tight. Covers are stiff. Signed by author, Don Higginbotham, on the front free endpaper. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 2001. Stated first edition. 336 pages. Interiors are clean and unmarked. A very good copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Washington Reconsidered
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081392006X
• ISBN 13: 9780813920061
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

George Washington, heroic general of the Revolution, master of Mount Vemon, and first president of the United States, remains the most enigmatic figure of the founding generation, with historians and the public at large still arguing over the strengths of his character and the nature of his intellectual and political contributions to the early republic. Representing the finest recent scholarship on Washington, these thirteen essays by the leading scholars in the field strike a balance in their focus between Washington's personal life and character and his public life as a soldier and political figure. Editor Don Higginbotham provides an introduction about Washington and his treatment by historians and an afterword devoted to how the American people have viewed Washington, including the 1999 commemorations of the bicentennial of his death. With three essays written specifically for this volume, George Washington Reconsidered is the first collection of its kind to be published in over thirty years.

About the Author

Don Higginbotham, author of George Washington and the American Military Tradition among numerous other books, is Dowd Professor of History and Peace, War, and Defense at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.