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Jan 27, 2013 · 27 Sunday Jan 2013. “ Washington: A Life ” is acclaimed author and historian Ron Chernow’s most recent book, for which he received a 2011 Pulitzer Prize. He has also written biographies on John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and Alexander Hamilton and is particularly well-known for his inaugural book “ The House of Morgan .”.
Feb 16, 2023 · Washington advised his nephew that friendship is to be like a plant of slow growth with very few intimates throughout his life. It is the space between Franklin’s maxim that makes this biography so important: Washington’s enigmatic nature requires a writer like Chernow to help today’s readers better understand who he was and which of his ...
Jan 5, 2010 · Ron Chernow. 4.15. 73,900 ratings3,154 reviews. The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life, he carries the reader through Washington's troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian Wars, his creation of Mount Vernon, his ...
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Sep 30, 2010 · Accepting the inevitability of our nation, they remain perplexed by the pre-eminence of this man. Chernow is far subtler and far more sophisticated than Weems. Yet there is a familiar ring to his ...
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Aug 19, 2021 · Recently, after reading “Team of Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin and “Jefferson” by Jon Meacham, I thought I should read “Washington – A Life” by Ron Chernow. The page numbers of these books are 754, 505, and 817 respectively, not including footnotes.
Sep 27, 2011 · Washington: A Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner) Paperback – September 27, 2011. by Ron Chernow (Author) 4.7 7,940 ratings. See all formats and editions. From the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical, comes a gripping portrait of the first president of the United States.
Sep 27, 2011 · About the author (2011) Ron Chernow is the prizewinning author of six previous books and the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. His first book, The House of Morgan, won the National Book Award, Washington: A Life won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, and Alexander Hamilton— the inspiration for the Broadway musical—won the ...
