Founding Father
- ISBN-10
- 0684831422
- ISBN-13
- 9780684831428
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 230
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997-02-22
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Richard Brookhiser
Description
A revisionist biography of George Washington chronicles his quarter-century career in public life, from his heroic deeds as a leader through the legacy that has been passed down to his political descendants
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- 2017-03-27
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