Washington on Washington - Hardcover

Washington, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813122694 ISBN 13: 9780813122694

Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

For most Americans, George Washington is more of a legend than a man -- a face on our currency or an austere figure standing in a rowboat crossing the icy Delaware River. He was equally revered in his own time. At the helm of a country born of idealism and revolution, Washington reluctantly played the role of demigod that the new nation required -- a role reconciling the rhetoric of democracy with the ritual of monarchy.

Washington quickly understood that every decision he made as president would be analyzed, criticized, and emulated. "There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent," he said. In his own words, Washington describes himself as a poor orator and an uncomfortable leader, a man more at ease in his private gardens than at the center of America's trust and adoration. Plagued by doubts about his education and abilities, Washington developed self-discipline that to others seemed superhuman.

Washington on Washington offers a fresh and human perspective on this enigmatic figure in American history. Drawing on diary entries, journals, letters, and authentic interviews, Paul M. Zall presents the autobiography that Washington never lived to write, revealing new insights into his character, both personal and political.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul M. Zall (1922-2010), Emeritus Professor of English at California State University at Los Angeles, was a research scholar at the Huntington Library. He is the author of many books including Lincoln on Lincoln, Jefferson on Jefferson, and Franklin on Franklin.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: The University Press of Kentucky
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0813122694
• ISBN 13: 9780813122694
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 164
• Herausgeber: Zall Paul M.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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