Bibliograph

You never forget your first, a biography of George Washington, Alexis Coe

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You never forget your first, a biography of George Washington, Alexis Coe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-250) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You never forget your first

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Alexis Coe

Sub title

a biography of George Washington

Summary

In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first president--and finds he's not quite the man we remember. Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused an international incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named his dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way, though he lost more battles than he won. Coe focuses on his activities off the battlefield--like espionage and propaganda. Back on his plantation, the man who fought for liberty finally confronted his greatest hypocrisy--what to do with the hundreds of men, women, and children he owned--before succumbing to a brutal death

Target audience

adult

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