Travels with George In Search of Washington and His Legacy
eAudio - 2021
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Travels with George . . . is quintessential Philbrick—a lively, courageous, and masterful achievement.” —The Boston Globe Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington’s unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an unsure nation. Travels with George marks a new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into a single narrative.When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and quarrelsome confederation and a tentative political experiment. Washington undertook a tour of the ex...-colonies to talk to ordinary citizens about his new government, and to imbue in them the idea of being one thing—Americans.In the...
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| File Size | 276 GB |
| ISBN | 9780593417904 |
| Release Date | 9/14/2021 |
