The Journal of Southern History, February 1st, 2007
General George Washington: A Military Life. By Edward G. Lengel. (New York: Random House, 2005. Pp. xlii, 450. Paper, $16.95, ISBN 978-0-8129-6950-4; cloth, $29.95, ISBN 978-1-4000-6081-8; e-book, $17.95, ISBN 978-1-58836-480-7.)
Bookshelves are already weighed down with biographies of George Washington, and some people may think there is no need for another one. However, they would be wrong. There is always room for a fine addition such as this one by Edward G. Lengel. Rich in its scholarship, yet written with clarity and wit aimed at a popular rather than an academic audience, Lengel remind...
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