About this title: In this book, a first-ever close-up of the all-too-human soul behind the stern presidential, portraits his loves, his passions, his genius. Leaving the well-known public man to other biographers, historian Harlow Giles Unger reveals the little-known private Washington, who laughed, loved, and lived life to the full. He adored women, children, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006-09-18
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: Fair. 0471744964 Thank you for looking at Bookhaven1. ships from PAThanks for looking at bookhaven1. these books may have shelf wear and remainder mark. hardcover books may have missing or torn Dust Jackets. read more
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Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc, N. J
Date Published: 2006
Description: In Fine Condition in a very good dust jacket. The previous owners name is written on the inside front cover and there is some underlinig throughout book. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006-09-18
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: Very Good. Good Jacket. White boards, gold spine titles, brown pictorial dust jacket, 301 pages, frontispiece, first edition, slight water damage to jacket, light shelf wear, a few pages are bumped in the center, clean content and tight binding. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Author SIGNED, inscribed 'To a revolutionary......With best wishes, Harlow Giles Unger'. Wiley, 2006. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Near Fine Book in Near Fine Dust Jacket. Price Intact. Light shelf wear to Book and Jacket. Lower book spine worn. Overall, a clean and tight copy to add to a collection or read and enjoy. Dust Jacket protected with a new archival cover. Bubble wrapped and shipped promptly in a box.; Signed by Author. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006-09-18
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: Very Good in Light shelf wear jacket. Signed on bookplate for Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, white paper over boards, gilt spine titles, brown pictorial dust jacket, jacket has light shelf were and is price clipped, book and content near new with clean content and tight binding. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: Advance Praise for "The Unexpected George Washington" "This is a biography that unquestionably lives up to its title. Readers will discover numerous, often touching traits that they never knew about the Father of the Country. Harlow Unger has writte... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Date Published: 2006-09-18
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780471744962. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
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Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: As New in As New dust jacket. 0471744964. 2006 first edition, first printing hardcover and dust jacket in xcellent condition. Book is unread. Protective mylar cover.; 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches. read more
Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Etobicoke, ON, Canada: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780471744962ISBN:0471744964
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) Signed by the author on bookplate. First edition, hardcover, fine condition. Dust jacket lightly shelfworn. read more
"Most of the stories that we hear about George Washington are about his military successes, presidency, and untrue cutting down of a cherry tree. This book takes a look at his often-forgotten, private life. George's father passed away early in his life, he was part of a few disastrous battles at the beginning of the French and Indian War, and he married a wealthy widow named Martha Custis. Much of George's attention focused on maintaining his plantation at Mount Vernon. He was unable to have children, but Martha had two surviving children from her previous marriage. George helped to raise Patcy Custis, until she died during an epileptic seizure late in her teens. The underachieving Jacky Custis was a civilian observer at the battle of Yorktown, he caught camp fever and died, and he left the Washingtons with four grandchildren. Thus, George Washington's life often revolved around raising his step grandchildren and other extended relatives that were in need. Although George Washington had no previous military success, he was appointed as the commanding general of the Continental army. He all but adopted as the sons that he had wished to have had, the three, younger men that served right below him. One of them was Marquis de LaFayette, the Frenchman who had volunteered his services to the revolutionary cause. Their friendship would last through the rest of their lives, and George helped to take care of Marquis' son, during the French revolution. After the war, George promised Martha that his public life was over. It was a promise that he would soon break. Although he never even ran for the office, he was elected president. After his first term in a largely ceremonial role, he wanted to retire. However, he was elected again, so he completed a second term. Martha wasn't happy during her First Lady years, and she longed to return to Mount Vernon. American neutrality during British and French warring pleased neither of the European powers. Not long after George Washington's second term, America was on the brink of war with France. France had seized 800 American ships, and they had executed and/or imprisoned their crews. George briefly went into public life to raise an army. Tensions soon died down, and Martha was pleased that he went back to retirement. In December of 1799, George rode across Mount Vernon in the cold. He caught pneumonia. The combination of pneumonia, the doctors' administering of substances now known to be toxic, and excessive bleeding led to his quick and unexpected death."
"George's life through personal letters. I've read a lot about Washington but this was different with new information in the form of his correspondance that I had not seen before."
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