false 6462 12 To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose &#8220;statue-like solidity&#8221; concealed volcanic energies and emotions.<br><br>Here is the impetuous young officer whose miraculous survival in combat half-convinced him that he could not be killed. Here is the free-spending landowner whose debts to English merchants instilled him with a prickly resentment of imperial power. We see the general who lost more battles than he won and the reluctant president who tried to float above the partisan feuding of his cabinet. <i>His Excellency</i> is a magnificent work, indispensable to an understanding not only of its subject but also of the nation he brought into being. 1615 2004 His Excellency: George Washington total:1848|5:400|4:900|3:460|2:71|1:17| 1848 7139 2793 366 4 2 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Feb 07 23:08:03 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 23:08:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 12:02:57 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 12:04:53 -0700 2008
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This was the second Ellis book that I have read, and I don't think it will be my last. I still think Joseph J. Ellis comes off as preachy at times and there is no doubt in my mind (as I have said before) that he ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 21:57:19 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 17:17:17 -0700 2009 I was able to see the very human side of Washington and his very mortal mistakes. He was not a womanizer as h...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 08:16:39 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 18:34:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 10:09:40 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 14:38:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 14:19:04 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 11:33:49 -0700 2009
Washington was no...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 19 07:18:20 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 07:28:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 18 18:27:16 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 18:28:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 07:15:59 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 07:25:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Oct 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 07:12:21 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:18:50 -0700 2009 His Excellency George Washington comes in under 300 pages, which is about a third of the length of David McCullough's fine John Adams. It really is hard to ge...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 18:48:29 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 21:17:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jun 23 16:03:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 16:24:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 16:20:09 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 05:59:17 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2163543