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George Washington is by far the most important figure in the history of the United States. Against all military odds, he liberated the thirteen colonies from the superior forces of the British Empire and presided over the process to produce and ratify a Constitution that (suitably amended) has lasted for more than two hundred years. In two terms as president, he set that Constitution to work with such success that, by the time he finally retired, America was well on its way to becoming the richest and most powerful nation on earth.
Despite his importance, Washington remains today a distant figure to many Americans. Previous books about him are immensely long, multivolume, and complicated. Paul Johnson has now produced a brief life that presents a vivid portrait of the great man as young warrior, masterly commander-in-chief, patient Constitution maker, and exceptionally wise president. He also shows Washington as a farmer of unusual skill and an entrepreneur of foresight, patriarch of an extended family, and proprietor of one of the most beautiful homes in America, which he largely built and adorned.
Trenchant and original as ever, Johnson has given us a brilliant, sharply etched portrait of this iconic figure—both as a hero and as a man.
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George Washington is by far the most important figure in the history of the United States. Against all military odds, he liberated the thirteen colonies from the superior forces of the British Empire and presided over the process to produce and ratify a Constitution that (suitably amended) has lasted for more than two hundred years. In two terms as president, he set that Constitution to work with such success that, by the time he finally retired, America was well on its way to becoming the richest and most powerful nation on earth.
Despite his importance, Washington remains today a distant figure to many Americans. Previous books about him are immensely long, multivolume, and complicated. Paul Johnson has now produced a brief life that presents a vivid portrait of the great man as young warrior, masterly commander-in-chief, patient Constitution maker, and exceptionally wise president. He also shows Washington as a farmer of unusual skill and an entrepreneur of foresight, patriarch of an extended family, and proprietor of one of the most beautiful homes in America, which he largely built and adorned.
Trenchant and original as ever, Johnson has given us a brilliant, sharply etched portrait of this iconic figure—both as a hero and as a man.
Customer Reviews:
A Different View of the Founding Father.......2007-08-24
In "George Washington: The Founding Father," the eminent British historian Paul Johnson supplements the level of outstanding scholarship found in his other great works (Modern Times, Napolean, Intellectuals)with a European view of this greatest American. Despite its brevity, this illuminating biography of George Washington places the great man as the prototypical late 18th century figure. In contrast with American biographers who tend to think of the American Revolution as a discrete beginning, Johnson shows the American Revolution to be both revolution and evolution resulting from the confluence of the Age of Reason, English tradition and values and the long independent history of the American colonies prior to King George.
A big book in a little box.......2006-04-04
This excellent biography distills so much from Washington's life into 123 pages. I've read much longer volumes, yet still learned new things about Washington from this book. The author captures the essence of the man in all phases of life with admirable brevity. Yet the picture he paints is rich in depth. Highly recommended.
Superb short biography.......2005-11-16
Paul Johnson is a British historian who admires the United States and wrote a lengthy history of the United States. Now, he has written a very short biography of George Washington. Mr. Johnson is clearly an admirer of his subject, particularly of his military record. In just 123 pages, Johnson covers Washington's entire career, from his days as a surveyer, to his early military career in the French and Indian war, to his Revolutionary War generalship, to his chairing the constitutional convention and to his presidency. Naturally, Johnson cannot go into much detail but he certainly provides a good overview.
An example of the inability to go into detail is the discussion of the Jay Treaty with Great Britain. Among the issues were territory in North America and impressment of American sailors on the high seas. The treaty was very controversial and many in Congress felt that John Jay had sold out the United States in negotiating the treaty. Johnson feels that the treaty was a fair one but we never really understand the controversy since the brevity of the book prevents an in depth analysis.
The book also makes some interesting blanket statements. For example, prior to the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a skirmish with the French which resulted in a number of deaths. Johnson credits Washington with having started the French and Indian War by virtue of this conflict. Perhaps due to the short length of the book, a little exageration helps make the point.
There was another short biography of Washington that was recently written by James MacGregor Burns and which is part of a series of short presidential biographies. Since that book is slightly longer and tends to concentrate a little more on washington's presidential years, issues are explored in a little more depth. Nonetheless, I give Johnson's effort 5 stars because it purports to be an overview. For waht it sets out to do, it does it well. Still, as in the Jay Treaty example, this overview cannot give the reader a full understanding of the issues.
A Paragon of Paradox.......2005-08-01
This is one of several volumes in the HarperCollins Eminent Lives series. Each offers a concise rather than comprehensive, much less definitive biography. However, just as Al Hirschfeld's illustrations of various celebrities capture their defining physical characteristics, the authors of books in this series focus on the defining influences and developments during the lives and careers of their respective subjects. In this instance, George Washington.
Johnson observes that "As the central actor in the American Revolution, George Washington was one of the most important figures in world history. As America's commander in chief throughout the eight-year struggle against Britain he effectively liberated the thirteen colonies from imperial rule. He then presided over the process whereby the new nation drafted, ratified, and enacted its Federal Constitution. Finally, for eight years he directed the administration that put the Constitution to work, with such success that, suitably updated and amended, it has lasted for nearly a quarter of a millennium."
That said, Johnson goes on to point out that Washington remains a remote and mysterious figure. "He puzzled those who knew and worked with him, and who often disagreed violently about his merits and abilities. He puzzles us. No man's mind is so hard to enter and dwell within. Everyone agreed, and agrees, he was a paragon. But a rich or empty one? A titan of flesh and blood or a clockwork figure programmed to do wisely?" Within only 123 pages, Johnson responds to these and other questions.
Of special interest to me is the interdependence of Washington's ambitions with those of the thirteen colonies which he led to military victory and then to constitutional federation. Throughout his adult life, Washington was driven by "the paramountcy of land" and his notion of "interest." He wanted to own, manage, and develop as much acreage as possible. This would increase his net worth, of course, but also establish for him important connections (i.e. through family ties, friendship, local ties, or clan) "which put a man ahead of his immediate competitors in getting something he wanted -- a place, a promotion, a contract, a favor." Although Washington had hoped to avoid it, he eventually realized that the separation of America from Britain served both his own and the colonies' best interests. "To Washington, the sealing of the open frontier to the west was the fundamental reason for resisting Britain, but was also symptomatic of the conflict of rights between colonial assemblies and Westminster." Hence the significance of the Stamp Act (1765) and then the Declaratory Act (1766).
I was also interested in what Johnson has to say about another aspect of Washington's multi-faceted personality. "It is true that he was a bit of an actor. He liked to play the Old Man card when needed. He did his little scenes, as when addressing officers at Newburgh, of fumbling for his glasses and repeating: `I have already grown grey in the service of my country -- now I am growing blind.' He also pretended to lose his temper. Jefferson, who was taken in, said he was `tremendous in his wrath.' If ever his character was impugned in cabinet he would `By God them,' saying `he would rather be on his farm than be made Emperor of the World, by God!'"
Washington owned as many as 300 slaves at one time but hated chattel slavery and when writing his will as death approached, he provided for the liberation of all of his slaves. He was passionately committed to the strict separation of church and state as specified by the First Amendment even as all "of his codes of morals, order, and propriety were rooted in Christianity, which he saw as the greatest civilizing force the world had ever known." Washington was by all accounts a patrician who, when he died, owned $530,000 in land and stock alone, making him one of the richest men in America. Nonetheless, he was determined to improve the standard of living and quality of life for those less fortunate. Hence the importance to him of "fast, extensive, cheap, safe, and reliable travel" by which to accelerate the settlement and development of the rich agricultural land he had once surveyed on the far side of the mountains, "and to work it with modern English farming methods." Washington was a devout believer in what was later characterized, in the 1840s, as Manifest Destiny.
I hope the provision of excerpts in this brief commentary will help those who read it to gain at least a sense of Johnson's crisp, concise, and eloquent discussion of someone who was indeed a paragon of paradox.
The standard.......2005-06-28
This last weekend, viewers of a cable TV miniseries voted Ronald Reagan history's "Greatest American." George Washington finished fourth, behind the Gipper, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Whatever this may say about the Americans who participate in television phone-in polls, it certainly shows the esteem in which Washington continues to be held by the nation he did so much to create. Personally, I would argue that George Washington is the standard against which American greatness has to be judged. And similarly, this thin volume by Paul Johnson has set a standard against which future portraits of the man should be measured.
Washington's life was a monumental one, and so it naturally attracts monumental biographies -- from Freeman's seven volume work, Clark's two-volume "All Cloudless Glory," or Joseph Ellis' recent and hefty "His Excellency." Summing up the man in barely 100 pages, as Johnson (himself no stranger to weighty tomes) has done, is a far more challenging, and necessarily more selective, undertaking. It would be easy to come up with a list of things Johnson "should have" included or "ought to have" covered in more depth. But within the confines of the Eminent Lives series, Johnson has done a magnificent job focusing on the essentials of the man and his impact on his world and ours.
Despite the brevity of the book, Washington comes through strongly as a flesh and blood man, not an ivory god. Far from the Olympian reserve Washington himself cultivated, Johnson shows how the man was clever, opinionated, sometimes self-seeking, sometimes hypocritical, and simultaneously revered and underestimated by those around him. I found the latter stages of the book especially interesting, as Johnson charted Washington's influence on the new government under the Constitution, and Washington's own efforts in promotion of a strong, centralized government. The American presidency, today and for some time the most powerful post in the world, is an office shaped for, indeed designed in the image of, George Washington. Johnson makes a case that the strong powers later exercised by presidents like Jackson and Lincoln were not usurpations, but rather honest interpretations of powers the Framers intended Washington to have.
In my experience, pocket-sized biographies like this series and the similar Penguin Lives series can vary greatly in quality from volume to volume. This is the first Eminent Lives edition I've read (Hitchens on Jefferson comes next), and the series is, for me, off to a wonderful start. Johnson has packed an awful lot into one slim book, and has put to shame many more verbose but less instructive views of the same subject. It won't take you long to read this, but it will more than repay the time.
Customer Reviews:
Probably not worth your time.......2007-10-01
This book was a fast little read and was mildly enjoyable. I didn't really gain any knowledge or special insight into Washington though. I learned more about Washington from reading Chernow's Hamilton bio. If you know absolutely nothing about Washington, this might be an OK starting point to get a feel for his character, if not much knowledge of his actual life.
A Selective Retelling of the Life of George Washington.......2007-01-03
Richard Brookhiser's "Founding Father" is one of several recent biographies of America's revolutionary generation that seeks too capture what he believes was the essence of George Washington's wisdom and character. Brookhiser offers moral lessons for a new generation of Americans that he believes have not been exposed to these virtues, but could profit by drawing lessons from Washington's life and career. At some level "Founding Father" is a reaction to Brookhiser's repulsion at the current state of history in the nation's universities.
He is reacting, at least in part, to a culture war that has been underway in the United States over the nature of the past, one fundamentally about identity and whether U.S. history would be viewed as a one people, one nation narrative or with a multicultural, in some cases divisive, perspective. That the past might be divisive deeply troubled some national opinion leaders who questioned the reexamination of traditional interpretations, and the more multicultural, relativistic, and conflict-oriented approach to delving into history.
This debate represented a battle for control of the national memory. Would it be one that is unified--one people, one nation--or one that was fragmented and conflict-oriented? This is an important issue and fully worthy of consideration by all in the marketplace of ideas. And the jury is still out.
Some critics of the dominant approach to the past taken by academic historians reacted by providing their own versions of history that emphasized unity and morality. Richard Brookhiser's biography of George Washington is in this category. Brookhiser, a political operative and scholar associated with the National Review, emphasized on the "New Hour with Jim Lehrer on March 28, 1996, that "for all the efforts of, of the historians and the standard biographers, there's still this, this blankness to the man's image. So I thought it would be worthwhile to go back and, you know, not to uncover any new, new facts but to just put the ones that we know into a different light and to focus especially on the highlights of this public career and what it was about, about his character that enabled him to do them. You know, I'm not interested in details, if they don't relate directly to that."
Brookhiser's selective retelling of the story of George Washington in this book is a blatant attempt to draw lessons from Washington's career that serve the larger public good as Brookhiser understands it. It is essentially a late twentieth century version of Mason Weems's "The Life of Washington," but without fabricated tales such as the cherry tree episode included. As a study of Washington's morals and virtues this work is most welcome. Having a point of view is not entirely a bad thing, and Brookhiser offers an eloquent one in this work. At the same time, as a work of history this is a decidedly less useful study of Washington than many others such as James Thomas Flexner's magisterial multivolume biography. Knowing that most people will only read one book on Washington I would recommend a collective biography, Joseph Ellis' "His Excellency: George Washington" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2004), which is a tour de force of historical insight.
Skip this one.......2006-07-07
The purpose of this book, according to the author's introduction, is "a moral biography" rather than "a life history." His point is that there is a "distancing" between ourselves and Washington; that he has become more myth and metaphor than man. The book aims to connect us today with Washington's character and personality.
The author goes into great depth about the literary works (such as Addison's Cato, Bollingbroke and Filmer) that Washington read, but I feel Brookhiser is reading too much into these and provides no evidence of how Washington reacted to these works. The effect is to continue the distancing between us and Washington by not discussing the man himself; just the influences around him.
I think also the author misses some very important points. For example, in the Introduction, the author says "it is not important to Washington's public career...what his stepchildren were like" but then devotes the entire last section of the book to metaphorical fatherhood of the Nation without discussing Washington in the role of an actual parent. I'm sorry, it is important! It tells more about his character than do the books he read.
Another tool the author uses to connect us to Washington is to use modern-day examples. At first I appreciated references to Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan. However, after about a half-dozen of these it just makes the book seem dated.
This is the first biography of Washington that I have read. I finished the book not knowing much more about him than when I started. I learned more about him reading Joseph Ellis' American Sphinx (about Jefferson) and David McCollough's John Adams. Which is sad; it is clear that Brookhiser had high hopes for this book and gave it a lot of thought. I just thought it missed the mark and didn't serve its own objectives.
Take the title seriously -- the author does.......2006-02-14
Before buying, read the inside flap carefully, depending upon your level of interest this book could be too much for you. The first third of the book is informative history, but then Mr. Brookhiser gets involved in detailed analysis and evaluvation of George Washington. The author really nails him down (for my level of interest there were too many nails)-- yes, the first president does deserve the title "Founding Father". If this was not an important question for you to begin with, this book may not be for you. But you may enjoy reading the first three chapters as I did.
Ok but not for your first Washington biography.......2005-10-30
The author covers a lot of ground in a very limited number of pages. The result is a lack of a general biographical sketch of Washington. I would agree with other reviews that a more comprehensive biography would be a better choice for a first read on Washington.
Book Description
We all know George Washington the fearless leader, the brilliant general, our first president, and "The Father of Our Country". What we often overlook is Washington's deep spirituality.
Now, in Faith of Our Founding Father: The Spiritual Journey of George Washington, best-selling author Janice T. Connell gives an in-depth examination of Washington's spiritual life. Drawing upon Washington's personal writings, public speeches, eyewitness accounts and letters, Connell reveals the practical, down-to-earth faith that guided him throughout his life. From narrow escapes on the battlefield to braving cold and starvation, Washington often credited his life to "the all powerful dispensations of Providence".
In a world wracked by wars, terrorism, disease, starvation, immorality, and tyranny, the life of George Washington has a lot to teach us. The father of our country faced countless challenges throughout his life, not only on the road to establishing our nation, but also in his childhood, scarred by the early death of his father. It was George Washington's deep personal faith that allowed him to triumph over life's adversities, and it steeled him with the profound inner strength that carried him from the dark days of Valley Forge to the pinnacle of the Presidency.
This spiritual biography includes the entire text of the Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation, a text Washington learned by heart as a boy and that continued to guide his values throughout his life. In addition, it includes Washington's daily prayers. His prayer book, with a distinct prayer for the morning and afternoon of each day of the week, gave him comfort and strength all through his years.
George Washington was no stranger to sorrow, cold, hunger, persecution, violence, or terrorism. His deep sense of spirituality allowed him to stand strong in the face of adversity and triumph in the darkest of times. His story can bring similar strength and comfort to us all.
Customer Reviews:
As much a history as gravity is false.......2006-08-04
Quite interesting how tremendous in length someone would go to revision one of the greatest Americans to comform to the beliefs desired at the expense of the courtesy of doing him the justice of giving him a fair and objective historical analysis.
A Closet Religious Tract.......2004-11-08
Ms. Connell devotes the first half of this book to evangelical expository techniques. Therein, while she never formally labels Washington as a certified antecedent to today's regligious right, she attempts to leave that impression, no doubt with measurable effect on a reader who engages only the first part of the book. The tone of the book changes in the second half, almost as if written by a different author. The writing is more objective and historically accurate. I bought the book because when I selected Alf J. Mapp, Jr.'s The Faiths of our Founding Fathers for an Amazon order, I was offered Connell's book in a package deal. I know now, and I should have known when I ordered, that her publisher (Hatherleigh Press) was a give-away to the real nature of her book. Whether I should have known or not, Amazon should not have suggested to readers that Mapp, Jr.'s serious history and Connell's regligious tract would have similar appeal. Mapp, Jr., by the way, gives an excellent and accurate account of the faiths felt and practiced by Washington and other key figures of America's beginnings.
Well Documented Account of George Washington's Core Beliefs.......2004-04-05
Many people speak of the beliefs of the founding fathers and their political views. This book allows Washington to speak for himself -- with many verbatim transcripts and documented references. Very readable, providing one with a real perspective of the values of the day and, most importantly, the actual beliefs of George Washington himself without the "spin" of current day political pundits. Very refreshing and inspiring.
Religious fanatasism - yes, History - NO.......2004-03-14
This book is more a work of fiction than a proper historical treatment of Washington's religious beliefs. It was painful to read such stretches of imagination. In the environment today it's not surprising that our first President is being remade in the light that we want instead of what he was. If you are deeply christian and your not concerned about accuracy or facts, than I think you will enjoy this book. If you are looking for a non fiction treatment of the subject or a historical view, look elsewhere.
A Hero for These Times.......2004-02-21
Though I have always liked George Washington, this book has allowed me recognize him as America's greatest hero.The Spiritual Journey of George Washington is a luminous torch. I reread parts of this book every day. Washington's spirituality is incredibly contemporary. His wisdom is powerful. His discipline, the amazing protection he had in battle, his extraordinary humility - refusing to become the first King of the United States - all these and other explanations in this book of seminal events in George Washington's life make me appreciate what it took for the United States to become a nation.
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Deluxe edition with blue leather cover. Part of the Newsweek Book Division's series "The Founding Fathers". Contains 140 illustrations - old woodcuts and engravings, cartoons, maps, portraits, and sketches to accompany exerpts from George Washinton's writings - diaries, letters, wartime memoranda, speeches and state paper. This book also contains a selected bibliograpy and complete index to make this a useful reference work.
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This handsome boxed set features our four most popular books of American wisdom from our Founding Fathers: The Constitution of the United States of America, The Declaration of Independence, George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour, and Benjamin Franklin's The Way to Wealth.
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Softcover magazine format, 7 x 9, 48 pages, loaded with illustrations. Contains articles on the main topic, the U.S. Constitution, including articles on the National Archives, the Supreme Courth, and the Great Seal.
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What would the founding fathers have thought of George W. Bush?
Founders v. Bush is a comparison in quotations of the policies and politics of the Founding Fathers and the administration of George W. Bush. See what the Founders really thought about the Constitution, Liberty, Patriotism, Religion, War, Truth, Lies, Wealth, and more...in their own words.
GEORGE WASHINGTON "Beware of pretend patriotism." -1796
JOHN ADAMS "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God s service when it is violating all His laws." -1816
THOMAS JEFFERSON "By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves." -1813
JAMES MADISON "Perhaps it is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad." -1798
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN "Being ignorant is not such a shame as being unwilling to learn." -1758
Customer Reviews:
Bestriding the narrow world like a Colossus.......2007-09-28
Cassius describes Julius Caesar to Brutus as follows: Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and peep about to find ourselves dishonorable graves. And so Steve Coffman might describe our tyrant leader. But he does not. In his new book, Founders V. Bush, Steve takes on the President by juxtaposing his quoted positions with those of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton. So without having to re-read the Constitution, Bill of Rights, Federalist Papers, or the numerous documents and letters left by the founders you can plainly see how far we have missed the mark. It is a very readable paperback of 147 pages plus two appendixes and substantial documentation, an amazing piece of scholarship with none of the usual pretensions. Bravo Steve.
Jerry Woolpy
what a contrast!!!.......2007-09-18
What an amazing contrast between the early founders of our country and the present occupant of the presidency. This wonderful book supplies an imperative need, at this critical time of our republic's tenuous hold on citizen rights, of a view of the wisdom, rightness, and, fairness of the major figures in our country's begginning. Coffman also provides us with carefully edited and documented refresher course in the really important values that we need to acknowledge and prioritize in this low period of national leadership. Read the book- you will be amazed!!!
A must read for those interested in the welfare of our country.......2007-09-05
Politicians and bloggers love to quote (misquote?) the Founders. This carefully researched book quotes the Founders in context and with sources given. On topics ranging from Separation of Church and State to Patriotism and War, the Founders tell us in their own words what the abuse of power and war profiteering can do to our nation.
The appendix alone should be read by everyone old enough to vote, including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, as well as some lesser known documents such as The Project for a New American Century Statement of Principles and letters signed by people like Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz and William Kristol. The contrast between the former and latter documents is alarming and illuminating.
In the words of James Madison, "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
You should read this book!.......2007-08-15
This is an outstanding book to remind us of the traditional diplomatic and democratic values of our nation. Providing a comprehensive collection of carefully researched quotations, Founders v. Bush is perfect for a classroom, roundtable discussion or just plain intelligent conversation among friends. Get this book immediately!
amazing.......2007-07-31
The Founding Fathers were geniuses and I love this book for showing how they struggled to form and protect a government by the people, for the people, and of the people. The fact that it uses Bush and his cronies' own words against them is a bonus.
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