George Washington: The Founding Father (Eminent Lives)
by Paul Johnson
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Read in February, 2008
This book might seem like an odd choice, but I'm writing a paper on YouTube treatments of masculinity, paternity, and the Founding Fathers, so I had to get a good sense of the original biographical lore being parodied (And hey, tomorrow is President's Day, so the timing seemed especially good :) The basic thesis of the paper is that mash-ups and parodic treatments of these topics on the intenet can help us to move beyond stale scholarly debates about the Founding, providing an interesting, popul...more
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Read in July, 2007
recommends it for:
anyone interested in a quick biography of GW
Despite his godlike aura in American political mythology, George Washington was, in the opinion of the excellent historian Paul Johnson, a rather neglected figure. Though countless volumes have been written about this father of the country, no one reads them because they are COUNTLESS VOLUMES. Johnson decided to write a quick but still insightful biography of GW that might actually get read and would hopefully deepen our understanding of the man behind the myth. He accomplished that objective...more
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Read in December, 2007
This book is too short! I revelled in his book on Elizabeth I and loved his history of the American people--I wish he'd spent 500-600 pages on Washington, too!
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Read in November, 2006
This is a short biography which made it an enjoyable read.
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