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ISBN
9781400032532

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400032539
ISBN-13
9781400032532
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45584064

Product Key Features

Book Title
His Excellency : George Washington
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Presidents & Heads of State
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Joseph J. Ellis
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

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0.7 in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-272139
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"YEllis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." "-The Boston Globe" "Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait Ythat? eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." -"The New York Times" "Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." -"The Christian Science Monitor" "Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review", " [Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." -- The Boston Globe "Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." -- The New York Times "Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." -- The Christian Science Monitor "Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review, " [Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." - The Boston Globe   "Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." - The New York Times   "Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." - The Christian Science Monitor   "Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." - Los Angeles Times Book Review, "[Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." "-The Boston Globe "Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." -"The New York Times "Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." -"The Christian Science Monitor "Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." -"Los Angeles Times Book Review, " [Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging." The Boston Globe "Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." The New York Times "Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." The Christian Science Monitor "Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." Los Angeles Times Book Review, " [Ellis has done it again. This is an important and challenging work: beautifully written, lively, serious and engaging."The Boston Globe "Absorbing. . . . An incisive portrait [that] eloquently conveys the magnitude of Washington's accomplishments." The New York Times "Absolutely fascinating. . . . Underscores how extraordinary Washington's accomplishments really were." The Christian Science Monitor "Lively and engaging. . . . An accessible portrait. . . . Ellis writes simply but eloquently. His prose is lucid, graceful and witty, his book is hard to put down. . . . Should be required reading." Los Angeles Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal
973.4/1092 B
Synopsis
The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Founding Brothers" delivers a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history--George Washington. photos. High school & older., National Bestseller To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose "statue-like solidity" concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here is the impetuous young officer whose miraculous survival in combat half-convinced him that he could not be killed. Here is the free-spending landowner whose debts to English merchants instilled him with a prickly resentment of imperial power. We see the general who lost more battles than he won and the reluctant president who tried to float above the partisan feuding of his cabinet. His Excellency is a magnificent work, indispensable to an understanding not only of its subject but also of the nation he brought into being., To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose "statue-like solidity" concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here is the impetuous young officer whose miraculous survival in combat half-convinced him that he could not be killed. Here is the free-spending landowner whose debts to English merchants instilled him with a prickly resentment of imperial power. We see the general who lost more battles than he won and the reluctant president who tried to float above the partisan feuding of his cabinet. "His Excellency" is a magnificent work, indispensable to an understanding not only of its subject but also of the nation he brought into being.
LC Classification Number
E312.E245 2005

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  • by rogerm_97
    14 Dec, 2019

    Fast reading

    Quick reading because of fascinating information , but get the feeling that the author did not like the subject(Washington) as a man.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: bookindustries

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    19 Sep, 2017

    Amazing

    Thank you so much for everything! Especially changing the shipping address last minute!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: imugibooks

  • by nancymoore418
    20 Aug, 2019

    George Washington

    Good book

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  • by enaud41
    21 Nov, 2024

    Very easy to read.

    Ellis is one of the most interesting historians today.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: betterworldbookswest

  • by slxl3s
    18 Oct, 2018

    His Excellancy

    Educational but not a spell binder!

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