George Washington: A Life - Hardcover

Willard Sterne Randall, whose biography of Thomas Jefferson was hailed as ?outstanding” by The Wall Street Journal and whose Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor was praised as ?riveting” by The New York Times, turns his attention to the founding father of our country?George Washington. Randall tells the fascinating tale of a man who turned an impoverished childhood into a life of creative rebellion. He follows Washington’s rise to greatness as he turns from managing plantations to becoming a professional soldier and eventually joining in the fight again taxation without representation, which would spark the American Revolution.