His Excellency: George Washington | 
pickCastle was not impressed with this nicely sized biography of George Washington. I am glad to have a better understanding of His Excellency, and I like that the author brought up the fact that his leadership did not turn into a dictatorship (unlike most revolutionary leaders) and offered a theory but made it clear it was a theory. It has end notes, which I appreciate and was concise if not the most fascinating read.
3.5/5 a good place to start
pickFinished this one up by the light of my MightyBright while hubs and Hank snoozed. I thought this was sincerely well done. It was honest and didn‘t fall into the the hero-worship trap to which some Washington biographies succumb. The author is open about what is known, unknown, what is speculation. He was a great man undoubtedly, but the book did not shy away from him being a man of his time - particularly regarding ownership of fellow humans.
Happy Independence Day!
#colormepretty #redwhiteandblue @Sweetkokoro
Tired of George III and the whole #Regency? No problem, bro! Start your own government! 😂😂😂#150PnPCoverParty
pick“First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.”
If more textbooks were written like this, more people would be scholars of history! I loved it and have a new appreciation for His Excellency!
#PresidentialBiographies 1/44 (technically Trump is 45, but Cleveland served two separate terms and is therefore counted twice...)
I've done this every time Benedict Arnold's (BOO! HISS!) name has come up because I'm a mature adult...
"Neither Jefferson nor most other members of Virginia's planter elite could've written such words, for they convey an obsessive concern with his own economic interests that no proper gentleman was supposed to feel, much less express so directly. (Perhaps this is the underlying reason why Jefferson and so many other Virginia planters would die in debt, and Washington would die a very wealthy man.)"
"...Tanacharison had declared that Washington's Indian name was Conotocarius, which meant 'town taker' or 'devourer of villages,' because this was the name originally given to Washington's great-grandfather, John Washington, nearly a century earlier. The persistence of that memory in Indian oral history was a dramatic reminder of the long-standing domination of the Iroquois Confederation over the region."
Hi, Littens! I read about someone doing a POTUS biography challenge and now I'm considering it. What are some of your favorites? Any that I should stay away from?
