![]() Through Ellis's artful narration, we look inside Washington's marriage and his subsequent entrance into the upper echelons of Virginia's plantation society. ![]() He richly details Washington's private life and illustrates the ways in which it influenced his public persona. Ellis illuminates the difficulties the first executive confronted as he worked to keep the emerging country united in the face of adversarial factions. Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, Joseph Ellis paints a full portrait of George Washington's life and career - from his military years through his two terms as president. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new standard for biography. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. "The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. ![]() Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. ![]() Ellis Author Dedication Preface: The Man in the Moon Acknowledgments Notes Photographic Permissions and A Note About the Author. Includes List of Other Books by Joseph J. Fine unread condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated dust jacket. ![]()
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