The Great Experiment: George Washington and the American Republic

by John H. Rhodehamel and John Rhodehamel

Book Overview

To most Americans, George Washington is a remote figure encased in myth, more a monument than a man. This new book brings him vividly to life once again -- a man who was born a loyal subject of the British crown and became the leader of a radical revolution, a victorious military leader who relinquished the trappings of power to return to farming, a reluctant statesman who forged the institutions of a popular government that have endured for two centuries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873281748
• ISBN13: 9780873281744
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.