George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency

Chadwick, Bruce

ISBN 10: 1402202229 / ISBN 13: 9781402202223

Published by Sourcebooks, Inc., Naperville, IL, 2004

About this Item

8vo, 569 pp. Nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket.

Seller Inventory # 055062

Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Washington's War: The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency
• Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc., Naperville, IL
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1402202229
• ISBN 13: 9781402202223
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • American History

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Synopsis

Looks at the plight of General Washington and his men at Valley Forge, arguing that the future president developed a model of leadership for dealing with national emergencies when he campaigned to secure emergency supplies for his troops.

About the Author

Bruce Chadwick, Ph.D., lectures in American history at Rutgers University while also teaching writing at New Jersey City University. He is a former journalist and the author of four other historical books: Brother against Brother: The Lost Civil War Diaries of Lt. Edmund Halsey, Two American Presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis 1861-1865, Traveling the Underground Railroad and The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film. He lives in New Jersey.