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Washington: A Life
by Chernow, Ron
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1594202664
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202667
- Seller
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Penguin Press, 2010. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fist Edition/First Printing. Includes Illustration Permissions, Index, Bibliographical References And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Tan Paper Over One Quarter Dark Green. Gilt Lettering And Rules On The Spine. The Book Has Minor Edge Wear With A Few Dings To The Lower Back Board Edge. Ink Pen Mark On The Upper Page Edges. The Unclipped Jacket Has Minor Edge Wear With Some Scuffing On The Back.
Synopsis
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods. “Truly magnificent… [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography” –Andrew Roberts, The Wall Street Journal “Superb… the best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume biography of Washington ever written.” –Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books “A truly gripping biography of George Washington... I can’t recommend it highly enough—as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment. It’s as luxuriantly pleasurable as one of those great big sprawling, sweeping Victorian novels.” –Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker
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Details
- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044908
- Title
- Washington: A Life
- Author
- Chernow, Ron
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1594202664
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202667
- Publisher
- Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 904
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Washington, George, - 1732-1799.; Presidents - United States - Biography; Generals - United States - Biography; United States - History - 1783-1815; Modern History To 20Th Century: C 1700 To C 1900; Political Leaders & Leadership. Presidents &am
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Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
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About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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