His Excellency George Washington:
Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, the author paints a full portrait of Washington's life and career in the context of eighteenth-century America, richly detailing his private life and illustrating the ways in which it influenced his public person...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Drawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, the author paints a full portrait of Washington's life and career in the context of eighteenth-century America, richly detailing his private life and illustrating the ways in which it influenced his public persona. When Washington died in 1799, Ellis tells us, he was eulogized as "first in the hearts of his countrymen." Since then, however, his image has been chiseled onto Mount Rushmore and printed on the dollar bill. He is on our landscape and in our wallets but not, Ellis argues, in our hearts. Ellis strips away the ivy and legend that have grown up over the Washington statue and recovers the flesh-and-blood man in all his passionate and fully human prowess. In the pantheon of our republic's founders, there were many outstanding individuals. And yet each of them, Franklin, Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, acknowledged Washington to be his superior, the only indispensable figure, the one and only: "His Excellency." Both physically and politically, Washington towered over his peers for reasons this book elucidates. His Excellency is a full, glorious, and multifaceted portrait of the man behind our country's genesis. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIV, 320 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 1400040310 |
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| adam_text | The author of seven highly acclaimed books,
Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography
that brings to life in all his complexity the most impor¬
tant and perhaps least understood figure in American
history, George Washington. With his careful attention
to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new stan¬
dard for biography.
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 presi¬
dent. Ellis illuminates the difficulties the first executive
confronted as he worked to keep the emerging country
united in the face of adversarial factions. He richly
details Washington s private life and illustrates the ways
in which it influenced his public persona. Through Ellis s
artful narration, we look inside Washington s marriage
and his subsequent entrance into the upper echelons of
Virginia s plantation society. We come to understand
that it was by managing his own large debts to British
merchants that he experienced firsthand the imperious-
ness of the British Empire. And we watch the evolution
of his attitude toward slavery, which led to his emanci¬
pating his own slaves in his will. Throughout, Ellis peels
back the layers of myth and uncovers for us Washington
in the context of eighteenth-century America, allowing
us to comprehend the magnitude of his accomplish¬
ments and the character of his spirit and mind.
When Washington died in
was eulogized as first in the hearts of his countrymen.
Since then, however, his image has been chisled onto
Mount Rushmore and printed on the dollar bill. He is
on our landscape and in our wallets but not, Ellis argues,
in our hearts. Ellis strips away the ivy and legend that
have grown up over the Washington statue and recovers
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the flesh-and-blood man in all his passionate and fully
human prowess.
In the pantheon of our republic
were many outstanding individuals. And yet each of
them
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rior, the only indispensable figure, the one and only His
Excellency. Both physically and politically, Washington
towered over his peers for reasons this book elucidates.
His Excellency is a full, glorious, and multifacetcd portrait
of the man behind our country s genesis, sure to become
the authoritative biography of George Washington for
many decades.
Joseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize—winning author of
Founding Brothers. His portrait of Thomas Jefferson,
American Sphinx, won the National Book Award. He
lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ellen,
and their youngest son, Alex.
Joseph Ellis
Brothers are available in Vintage paperback.
With
Jacket painting: George
Photo
Jacket design by
Alfred A. Knopf
.aaknopf com
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