George Washington: Ordinary Man, Extraordinary Leader
- ISBN-10
- 0823221873
- ISBN-13
- 9780823221875
- Series
- George Washington
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 231
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fordham Univ Press
- Author
- Robert Francis Jones
Description
Jones (history, Fordham U.) extensively revises and enlarges his George Washington, A Biography, originally published in 1979 and in print since then. His goal is to synthesize the best contemporary scholarship into a relatively brief and readable biography for the general reader and student. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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