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Jun 01, 2016sethescope rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
If you want to learn about George Washington, this is the book to read. If you want to learn about the American Revolution, this is also a great book centered around Washington's life and achievements. It did more than inform - it dispelled a great many myths that I had internalized throughout my education. Washington? Not that great of a general. He made a lot of mistakes. He was complicated; he believed in freedom and yet didn't free his slaves before or after his death. This book, above all else, humanizes the man. It removes the god-like status he's given in the American collective memory and returns him to what he was -- just a man who made mistakes and did some incredible things during his lifetime.