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His Excellency

George Washington

By Ellis, Joseph J. Ellis, Joseph J.

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| Hardcover | 9781400040315

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Book Description

식민지군의 총사령관으로 영국 군대를 무찌르고 미국의 제 1대 대통령이 되면서 '미국 건국의 아버지'라는 칭호를 얻은 조지 워싱턴의 일대기이다. 퓰리처 수상자이자 이 책의 저자인 Joseph J. Ellis는 화폐에 새겨진 덕택에 매일같이 조지 워싱턴을 대하지만 정작 그의 진면모는 잘 알려지지 않았다는 것에 착안하여 조지 워싱턴의 인간적인 면모를 그리고자 했다. 21세에 버지니아 민병대의 부사령관의 위치에서 프랑스군에 맞서 용맹하게 싸웠고 미국 혁명의 리더로서 미국 독립을 쟁취했을 뿐만 아니라 미국의 정치적 국가상을 제시했던 조지 워Continue

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His Excellency By Joseph J. Ellis

Ellis is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and the author of the best-selling books Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation and American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson. His latest volume chronicles the life of America's first pres ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

His Excellency: George Washington By Joseph J. Ellis

Like many of us, historian Joseph Ellis long considered George Washington a distant, almost unapproachable icon, "aloof and silent, like the man in the moon." Then Ellis began research for a chapter about Washington's farewell address in Founding Bro ... (read full critics)

bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his fellow men...

During our visit to Mount Vernon (George Washington's home in Virginia) I was confronted by the fact that I didn't know all that much about one of the greatest American heroes. This book fills that gap quite nicely. It concentrates on George Washington himself - his character, his background and his ... (continue)

During our visit to Mount Vernon (George Washington's home in Virginia) I was confronted by the fact that I didn't know all that much about one of the greatest American heroes. This book fills that gap quite nicely. It concentrates on George Washington himself - his character, his background and his motivation to do what he did - without digressing too much.
Ellis has done all his research himself and bases the bulk of his book on George Washington's papers.
A very nice introduction, all in all.

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