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Apr 21, 2013pokano rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Chernow's LONG book attempts--mostly successfully--to put flesh and blood on the guy on the dollar bill. The reader learns that Washington was a very fastidious man, but enjoyed such things as dancing, flirting with attractive women,and living beyond his means. He was courageous but could not come to grips with slavery until shortly before his death. The book destroys the illusion that the founding fathers were in agreement as to what the new nation should look like and how it should operate. Washington and Jefferson were bitterly opposed to one another. The reader also wonders how it is possible that American forces were able to win the Revolutionary War, being grossly underclothed and underfed. All in all a very worthwhile and informative book,which could have benefited by more judicious editing to cut the length.