George Washington
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Enjoyed the book, but would have liked to have an option of an unabridged version. Really didn't get deep in Washington...didn't feel like I knew who he was. I had just finished John Adams unabridged, so this was a sharp contrast into the level of detail. Still good, but sort of the 'Reader Digest' version of our first President.
I never knew what a social climber Washington was! He really wanted to be a rich man, but interestingly, not King. What I like about these books is that they tell you what you did not learn in school. Here you get the high lights and the low lights. Perhaps this shakes our heros off their pedestal, but it also puts them more within reach of the common person.