Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
3.84
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's…
Want to Read $ 10.99"When Washington became president of the United States, he was still wrestling with the meaning of the American Revolution. He'd entered the conflict an unrepentant Virginia slaveholder. By the end of the war, he'd learned that his African-American soldiers were as competent and brave as anyone else in his army. He'd also befriended the idealistic French nobleman Lafayette, who later claimed, "I would never have drawn my sword in the cause of America if I could have conceived that thereby I was founding a land of slavery." Gradually, ever so gradually, a new Washington was emerging, one who realized that "nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating bond of principle." But even if he had come to recognize the direction the country must take in the future, he remained a slaveholder himself for the rest of his life. A struggle was being waged inside Washington between his ideological aspirations and his financial and familial commitment to slavery at Mount Vernon. Yes, Washington freed his enslaved workers upon his death, but it had been a very long time in coming. And yet, given where Washington had begun in life--as a slaveholder through inheritance at the age of eleven, when his father died--his eventual decision to free his slaves was no empty gesture."-Nathaniel Philbrick, Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
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Format: 283 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 235 pages, Hardcover
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3.98
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
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By: Stephen O'Shea
4.00
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Format: None pages, Hardcover
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6. The Prince of Providence: The True Story of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor, Some Wiseguys, and the Feds
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3.25
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7. Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
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Format: 575 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
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By: Stacy Schiff
3.74
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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3.81
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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4.24
Format: 565 pages, Hardcover
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17. The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West
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19. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
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Format: 676 pages, Hardcover
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20. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II
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Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
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21. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
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Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
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22. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
By: Nathaniel Philbrick
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Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
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23. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
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4.35
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
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25. Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership
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26. Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
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3.81
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27. You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington
By: Alexis Coe
3.74
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
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28. Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother
By: Craig Shirley
3.13
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
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29. Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy
By: Dan Abrams
3.71
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
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30. Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution
By: Gordon S. Wood
4.21
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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31. The Light of Battle: Eisenhower, D-Day, and the Birth of the American Superpower
By: Michel Paradis
4.46
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
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