Ebook {Epub PDF} Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

 · Synopsis. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Bestseller, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation.5/5(5). Chernow provides a wholey objective and de-mythologized study of Washington, however, he does answer key questions as to why Washington attained such an apotheosis in both life and death, he led a ragtag, unprofessional army to a seemingly impossible victory against the greatest power of the day, he resigned his commission and threw away any pretensions of power returning to public service only Cited by: A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the bltadwin.ruder Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical.

Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. by Jennie Erikson, 2 September, Overview. Author: Ron Chernow; Published: ; Topics: 18th Century, American Revolutionary War, United States of America, U.S. Presidents. Review. I recently visited Mount Vernon, George Washington's prized estate and residence in Northern Virginia. It was beautiful. The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life, he carries the reader through Washington's troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian Wars, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention and his. Washington: A Life. By Ron Chernow. Hardcover, pages. Penguin press HC. List Price: $ Read An Excerpt. Now, before you think this is a book to shy away from -- a mere regurgitation of.

Washington: A Life. By Ron Chernow. (Penguin, pp., $40) Modern biographers have sought to rescue George Washington from his monumental stature by revealing a lively and conflicted man within. Washington: A Life is a biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States, written by American historian and biographer Ron Chernow and published in The book is a "one-volume, cradle-to-grave narrative" that attempts to provide a fresh portrait of Washington as "real, credible, and charismatic in the same way he was perceived by his contemporaries". "Washington: A Life" is acclaimed author and historian Ron Chernow's most recent book, for which he received a Pulitzer Prize. He has also written biographies on John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and Alexander Hamilton and is particularly well-known for his inaugural book "The House of Morgan.".