- Presidents, Generals, Biography, History
In this work, the author, a biographer provides a portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Ron Chernow
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 928
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Books, Limited
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781101440186
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Ronald Chernow is an American writer, journalist, historian, and biographer. He has written bestselling and award-winning biographies of historical figures from the world of business, finance, and American politics. - Wikipedia
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