The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon

Ferling, John

ISBN 10: 1608190951 / ISBN 13: 9781608190959

Published by Bloomsbury Press, 2010

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Paperback. Very good. signed and dated by John Ferling in brown ink on half-title page.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608190951
• ISBN 13: 9781608190959
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 20 ounces
• Signed: Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Historian John Ferling has been called a "national resource," and his latest book again demonstrates his unsurpassed insight into the Founding Fathers, giving us George Washington as we have never seen him before.
Our first president has long been viewed as a hero who rose above politics. The Ascent of George Washington peers behind that image-one carefully burnished by Washington himself-to reveal a leader who was not only not above politics, but a master manipulator adept in the arts of persuasion, leverage, and deniability. Washington deftly screened burning ambition behind an image of republican virtue-but that image made him just the leader that an overmatched army and a shaky young nation desperately needed.

About the Author

John Ferling is Professor Emeritus of History at the State University of West Georgia. A leading authority on American Revolutionary history, he has appeared in many documentaries and has written numerous books, including Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War for Independence, Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, The First of Men: A Life of George Washington, Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson in the American Revolution, and the award-winning A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic.