Colonel Washington (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Archer Butler Hulbert

9780265240830: Colonel Washington (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0265240832 ISBN 13: 9780265240830

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Discover the early life of George Washington and the moment that helped shape a nation.

This engaging nonfiction portrait traces Washington’s youth, frontier schooling, and rise to a pivotal envoy for Virginia. It follows his winter march across the Allegheny frontier, his careful scouting, and the tense days at Great Meadows as men watched for French forces. Rich with maps, illustrations, and eyewitness detail, the book shows how a young surveyor and soldier became a leader whose decisions helped set the stage for the American West.

Readers will travel alongside Washington as he surveys roads and rivers, studies Indian traders, and learns the realities of frontier life. The narrative blends biography with the broader strategic context of the French and Indian era, making history vivid and accessible for general readers.

Follow Washington’s perilous night march from Great Meadows to Laurel Hill and the dawn ascent that defined his leadership.
Explore Fort Necessity through maps, descriptions of embankments, and surviving relics that illuminate the era.
See period illustrations and frontispieces that connect the story to its place and time.
Understand how frontier experience and Western foresight shaped American history.

Ideal for readers of biography and American history seeking a clear, engaging account of Washington before he became a national figure.

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