This biography provides a comprehensive and balanced account of the life of the first U.S. president, from his childhood in Virginia, through his military career in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution, to his two terms as president. The book offers an in-depth exploration of his complex character, his relationships with his family and contemporaries, his ownership of slaves, and his role in shaping the country's political and social structures. It also sheds new light on his leadership style, his visionary ideas, and his enduring influence on American history and culture.
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Ron Chernow was born in 1949 in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating with honors from Yale College and Cambridge University with degrees in English Literature, he began a prolific career as a freelance journalist. Between 1973 and 1982, Chernow published over sixty articles in national publications, including numerous cover stories. In the mid-80s Chernow went to work at the Twentieth Century Fund, a prestigious New York think tank, where he served as director of financial policy studies and re…
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