From the author of Alexander Hamilton the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired
the musical comes a gripping portrait of the first president of the United States.Winner of
the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Truly magnificent . . . [a] well-researched well-written
and absolutely definitive biography Andrew Roberts The Wall Street Journal Until recently I d
never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George
Washington . . . Well I was wrong. I can t recommend it highly enough as history as epic and
not least as entertainment. Hendrik Hertzberg The New YorkerCelebrated biographer Ron Chernow
provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the
United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George
Washington this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years
his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War his presiding over
the Constitutional Convention and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In
this groundbreaking work based on massive research Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of
George Washington as a stolid unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing
passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.Lin-Manuel Miranda s smash Broadway musical
Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In
addition to Alexander Hamilton the production also features George Washington Thomas
Jefferson James Madison Aaron Burr Lafayette and many more.
