George Washington: Frontier Colonel

by Sterling North

Book Overview

Sterling North, author of the award-winning children s classic Rascal, tells the tale of the Father of Our Country and how he became one of the greatest leaders of all time. Focusing particularly on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402736118
• ISBN13: 9781402736117
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Terrific Biography of Washington for Teens

This biography takes the reader from George Washington's birth past the French and Indian War when he takes his place as a legislator in the Virginia House of Burgesses. It is a quiet, interesting biography I was thrilled to read. I get a sense of George Washington as a man and a person, not just as a figurehead. George had no experience soldiering or as a leader when he became a colonel in the British Colonial Army. He has status and rank but that is about it. He fought the French and made the first move though provoked by the French who were spying on his troops. George was not the best lover in the world. He found it difficult to court and retain eligible girls for marriage. He was lucky in finding Martha who it seems suited him though it was originally a marriage of convienince on both sides. This book really was interesting and I quite enjoyed it.