FREEMAN, Douglas Southall.
George Washington: A Biography.
"FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN": FIRST EDITION OF George Washington: A Biography; Volume one inscribed by DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948-54.
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First edition of the author’s monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning work, widely considered the definitive biography of Washington. Octavo, six volumes, original black cloth, spines lettered in gilt, cartographic endpapers, illustrated. Presentation copy, with Vol. I inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "Autographed for Mr. and Mrs. Samuel C. Ramage with every good wish Douglas Southall Freeman." In near fine condition. Vol. 5 in the publisher's slipcase. A very sharp set.
George Washington is the most complete, definitive biography of George Washington ever written. In 1948 biographer and military historian Douglas Southall Freeman won his second Pulitzer Prize for his new and dramatic reexamination of George Washington. For years biographies had gone from idolatry to muckraking in their depictions of this somewhat marbleized Founding Father. Freeman’s new interpretation was a fresh step, making Washington a living, breathing individual, flawed but heroic. An able commander who defeated the British Empire against incredible odds, Washington proved to be just as adept at wielding political power, and adroitly steered our new loosely called nation through the first stormy years of our unproven federal stewardship and the first two presidential administrations.
George Washington: A Biography.
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