First Among Men

First Among Men
Author: Maurizio Valsania
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 142144447X


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"The first, definitive recasting of George Washington in the context of eighteenth-century practices and ideals of masculinity. It answers the fundamental question that no biography has ever asked in such a direct way: What do we know, really, about Washington as an actual eighteenth-century Virginia upper-class male?"--


First Among Men
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Maurizio Valsania
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-10-11 - Publisher: JHU Press

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"The first, definitive recasting of George Washington in the context of eighteenth-century practices and ideals of masculinity. It answers the fundamental quest
First Among Men
Language: en
Pages: 416
Authors: Maurizio Valsania
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-10-11 - Publisher: JHU Press

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"The first, definitive recasting of George Washington in the context of eighteenth-century practices and ideals of masculinity. It answers the fundamental quest
You Never Forget Your First
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Alexis Coe
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-04 - Publisher: Penguin

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book….Coe examines myths with mirth, a
First and Always
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: Peter R. Henriques
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-15 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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George Washington may be the most famous American who ever lived, and certainly is one of the most admired. While surrounded by myths, it is no myth that the ma
Patrick Henry
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Thomas S Kidd
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-22 - Publisher: Basic Books

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Most Americans know Patrick Henry as a fiery speaker whose pronouncement "Give me liberty or give me death!" rallied American defiance to the British Crown. But