Publisher: American Heritage Publishing Company, New York 1974   
9780828102674 (ISBN10: 0828102678)
Approx. size: 10.25 by 13.5 inches --  275 pages

Profusely illustrated with color drawings, color portrait paintings, photographs, maps, etc.

This is a definitive biography, told in a fast-paced, authoritative account by the respected Revolutionary historian Richard M. Ketchum and illustrated with superb reproductions that truly recreate the age Washington lived in. Every painting and piece of memorabilia that appears between these covers was in existence during Washington's lifetime. Here are portraits painted by the men he sat for, the mess kit he carried, the maps he read and the pictures he looked at. And the narrative that they accompany has been drawn from the eyewitness accounts of men and women who knew him. In short, this is Washington before the myths began: a man still controversial enough to provoke John Adams into complaining the he was "too illiterate, unread, unlearned for his station and reputation," while the young Lafayette, who had come from France to fight beside him, could say, "Never had I beheld so superb a man." Here is George Washington's life from his days as a callow farmer to his less than glorious service in the French and Indian Wars to his triumph in a war that no one could have won. This is a book for all who are interested in the essential history of America.

Oversize hardcover edition. Book as new. Jacket shows some upper wrinkling. Spotless interior. Please see photos, enlarge and email with any questions. Thanks for looking.

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