Young Washington - How Wilderness and War Forged America's Founding Father

FINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOK PRIZE A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling author of Astoria Two decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young soldier serving the British Empire in the vast wilderness of the Ohio Valley. Naive and self-absorbed, the twenty-two-year-old officer accidentally ignited the French and Indian War--a conflict that opened colonists to the possibility of an American Revolution. With powerful narrative drive and vivid writing, Young Washington recounts the wilderness trials, controversial battles, and emotional entanglements that transformed Washington from a temperamental striver into a mature leader. Enduring terrifying summer storms and subzero winters imparted resilience and self-reliance, helping prepare him for what he would one day face at Valley Forge. Leading the Virginia troops into battle taught him to set aside his own relentless ambitions and stand in solidarity with those who looked to him for leadership. Negotiating military strategy with British and colonial allies honed his diplomatic skills. And thwarted in his obsessive, youthful love for one woman, he grew to cultivate deeper, enduring relationships. By weaving together Washington's harrowing wilderness adventures and a broader historical context, Young Washington offers new insights into the dramatic years that shaped the man who shaped a nation.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Stark
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9780062416070
• ISBN: 978-0-06-241607-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Military / United States, HISTORY: AMERICAN, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, HISTORY: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Military, HISTORY: Essays, POLITICAL SCIENCE: AMERICAN PRESIDENCY, HISTORY: Modern / 18th Century