![]() ![]() ![]() Insights from friends, family members, fellow soldiers, and politicians, reveal his personality to the reader. Washington treated them as if they were his own.Īs we follow Washington’s career: planter, soldier, statesman, we learn about him from many angles. She came with two children from her first marriage. She spent every winter with him throughout the eight years of the Revolution. Lawrence became a father figure to him.Ī fter service in the French and Indian War, Washington married Martha Custis. The loss of his father at age eleven brought him closer to his brother Lawrence, fourteen years his senior. We see Washington develop over his life from early childhood. From the introduction of the book, “His contemporaries admired him not because he was a plaster saint or an empty uniform but because they sensed his unseen power.” Even in that, he made an impression on people. Washington had a temper that he sought to control. Chernow has fascinating insights into his character. It is quite a tome at over 800 pages, but worth the read. I find Ron Chernow’s biography to be the most informative and comprehensive. ![]()
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