Book
Washington: The Indispensible Man
- Published
- 1974
- Genre
- Biography
- Publisher
- New American Library
- Pages
- 423
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1211951.Washington?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_55
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–17
- Ambleside year
- Year 9 onwards · ages 14–17
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After more than two decades, this dramatic and concise single-volume distillation of James Thomas Flexner's definitive four-volume biography George Washington, which received a Pulitzer Prize citation and a National Book Award for the fourth volume, has itself become an American classic. Now in a new trade paperback edition, this masterful work explores the Father of Our Country - sometimes an unpopular hero, a man of great contradictions, but always a towering historical figure, who remains, as Flexner writes in these pages, "a fallible human being made of flesh and blood and spirit - not a statue of marble and wood... a great and good man." The author unflinchingly paints a portrait of Washington: slave owner, brave leader, man of passion, reluctant politician, and fierce general. His complex character and career are neither glorified nor vilified here; rather, Flexner sets up a brilliant counterpoint between Washington's public and private lives and gives us a challenging look at the man who has become as much a national symbol as the American flag.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780452255425
- ISBN-10
- 0452255422
Tags
Award Winners-Pulitzer PrizeFamily LifeGeorge WashingtonHistoryPresidentUnited States of America