Description
An intellectual biography of George Washington's solitary process of self-education and reading and how it shaped his life and achievements
About the Author
Adrienne M. Harrison is an assistant professor of history at the United States Military Academy. Her work has been published in the Journal of the Early Republic.
Reviews
"Of great of value to anyone interested in Washington."-A. A. Nofi, Strategy Page
"Adrienne Harrison's important, engaging, and eye-opening book demolishes the conventional wisdom about George Washington. Whoever thinks he was first in war and first in peace but last among his peers as a man of the Enlightenment needs to think again. Harrison proves that Washington, a bibliophile, commanded a world of ideas."-Robert M. S. McDonald, associate professor of history at the United States Military Academy and editor of Sons of the Father: George Washington and His Proteges
"Harrison argues persuasively that Washington read extensively. . . . [She] has effectively penetrated Washington's mind and found it filled with books that he both owned and read."-Theodore J. Crackel, editor in chief emeritus of the Papers of George Washington and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia
Book Information
ISBN 9781612347257
Author Adrienne Harrison
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint Potomac Books Inc
Publisher Potomac Books Inc
About the Author
Adrienne M. Harrison is an assistant professor of history at the United States Military Academy. Her work has been published in the Journal of the Early Republic.
Reviews
"Of great of value to anyone interested in Washington."-A. A. Nofi, Strategy Page
"Adrienne Harrison's important, engaging, and eye-opening book demolishes the conventional wisdom about George Washington. Whoever thinks he was first in war and first in peace but last among his peers as a man of the Enlightenment needs to think again. Harrison proves that Washington, a bibliophile, commanded a world of ideas."-Robert M. S. McDonald, associate professor of history at the United States Military Academy and editor of Sons of the Father: George Washington and His Proteges
"Harrison argues persuasively that Washington read extensively. . . . [She] has effectively penetrated Washington's mind and found it filled with books that he both owned and read."-Theodore J. Crackel, editor in chief emeritus of the Papers of George Washington and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia
Book Information
ISBN 9781612347257
Author Adrienne Harrison
Format Hardback
Page Count 328
Imprint Potomac Books Inc
Publisher Potomac Books Inc
