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Cheap price for George Washington is the best

Author : William Roscoe Thayer
Total Page : 304
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing LLC
Publication Date : 2007 07 25

George Washington
>> short in depth biography
This volume gives a short factual bio of the great man The author dispels some of the myths of the generals childhood and paints a picture of a man who was greater than life Published in 1922 the book is somewhat dated in language but I believe that the story is told better than it would be by modern revisionist historians

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