Washington A Life

Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation.  With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president.  In this groundbreaking book, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of a stolid unemotional, and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.  With a dramatic sweep worthy of its subject, Washington is a magisterial work from one of our most elegant storytellers.