The life of george washington by washington irving

George Washington (February 22, – December 14, ) was an American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from.

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TOPICS: George Washington,Historiography, Short Biography

by William M. Ferraro, Senior Associate Editor
June 22,

George Washington&#;s towering stature as a historical figure has attracted several multivolume biographical treatments. John Marshall&#;s The Life of George Washington . . ., 5 vols. (Philadelphia, )—which enjoyed full support from Bushrod Washington, who inherited Mount Vernon and was given control of his uncle&#;s papers—initiated such works. Probably the best known today are two 20th-century efforts: Douglas Southall Freeman, George Washington: A Biography, 7 vols. (New York, ); and James Thomas Flexner, George Washington, 4 vols. (Boston, ). Freeman&#;s biography commands attention for its thorough research and graceful writing. Flexner&#;s study draws readers through bold assertions and colorful prose.

Most famous for comic literature and fictional tales such as &#;Rip Van Winkle&#; and &#;The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,&#; Washington Irving () undertook his Washington biography at the end of his distinguished career. Irving demonstrated commendable care and diligence in his research. He gathered pertinent documents from descendants of Washington and the great man&#;s friends. Travelling from his home—styled &#;Sunnyside&#;—in the lower Huds

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The Life of George Washington

Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (published in five volumes in ) was the product of his last years and remains his most personal work. Christened with the name of the great general, Irving was blessed by Washington while still a boy of seven, and later came to know many of the prominent figures of the Revolution. In these pages he describes them using firsthand source material and observation. The result is a book which is fascinating not only for its subject (the American Revolution), but also for how it reveals in illuminating detail the personality and humanity of a now remote, towering icon. Here is an intimate portrait of Washington the man, from Virginia youth to colonial commander to commander-in-chief of the patriot army to first president and great guiding force of the American federation. But one cannot read Irving's Life without marveling at the supreme art behind it, for his biography is foremost a work of literature.