Learn all about George Washington, one of the most important figures in American history, in this colorful, inviting, and entertaining biography. This carefully leveled reader is written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the historians of tomorrow!

"The Farewell was published at the end of Washington's second term. It was reprinted in newspapers across the country. The President began the letter during his first term intending to retire but was persuaded by Hamilton and Jefferson to run for a second. By the end of that term he was the object of scurrilous press attacks and alarmed by the growing partisan bitterness. Fearful for the country's future, Washington pled with his countrymen to resist...

"A culminating work on the American Founding by one of its leading historians, The Cause rethinks the American Revolution as we have known it. George Washington claimed that anyone who attempted to provide an accurate account of the war for independence would be accused of writing fiction. At the time, no one called it the 'American Revolution': former colonists still regarded themselves as Virginians or Pennsylvanians, not Americans, while John Adams...

A brief biography of the Virginia farm boy who grew up to lead the American army in the Revolutionary War and becomes the first president of the United States.

The story of a risky surprise attack against a garrison of battle hardened Hessian mercenaries.

This book briefly describes George Washington's role in the American Revolution and his tenure as the first United States president.

Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.

George Washington to James Monroe.