American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the United States would not be the United States without George Washington. Transitioning from victorious general to reluctant president and setting a slew of precedents on the way, Washington led thirteen rebel colonies to independence and a nascent country to its feet. Historian H. W. Brands offers an examination of the man without whom our country might not be celebrating its semiquincentennial this year. 

 H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas and is the bestselling author of more than a dozen books, including American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington.