You Never Forget Your First A Biography of George Washington

Alexis Coe, Brittany Pressley

eAudio - 2020

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR“In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book....Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor... [You Never Forget Your First] is an accessible look at a president who always finishes in the first ranks of our leaders.” —Boston GlobeAlexis Coe takes a closer look at our first—and finds he is not quite the man we rememberYoung George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, caused an international incident, and never backed down—even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named hi...s dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way, though he lost more battles than he won. After an unlikely...

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English
Main Authors
Alexis Coe, Brittany Pressley
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File Size192 GB
Parts6
ISBN9781984842534
Release Date2/4/2020
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size192 GB
ISBN9781984842534
Release Date2/4/2020