Washington: The Indispensable Man. With a new preface by the author.

Flexner, James Thomas

ISBN 10: 0316286052 / ISBN 13: 9780316286053

Published by Little,Brown(Back Bay Books) (19, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Washington: The Indispensable Man. With a new preface by the author.
• Publisher: Little,Brown(Back Bay Books) (19
• Publication Date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316286052
• ISBN 13: 9780316286053
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.