04114nam 2200721 450 991014532660332120230422045011.02027/heb01352(CKB)1000000000396909(dli)HEB01352(SSID)ssj0000084179(PQKBManifestationID)11125732(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000084179(PQKBWorkID)10168944(PQKB)11215327(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/47704(MiU)MIU01000000000000003602871(EXLCZ)99100000000039690920020522d1988 ub 0engurmnummmmuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe first of men a life of George Washington /by John E. FerlingNewfound Press1988Knoxville :University of Tennessee Press,c1988.1 online resource (xiii, 598 pages) illustrationsIncludes index.Print version: 0870495623 Print version: 087049628X Includes bibliographical references (pages [579]-584) and index.Written by John Ferling, one of America's leading historians of the Revolutionary era, The First of Men offers an illuminating portrait of George Washington's life, with emphasis on his military and political career. Here is a riveting account that captures Washington in all his complexity, recounting not only Washington's familiar sterling qualities--courage, industry, ability to make difficult decisions, ceaseless striving for self-improvement, love of his family and loyalty to friends--but also his less well known character flaws. Indeed, as Ferling shows, Washington had to overcome many negative traits as he matured into a leader. The young Washington was accused of ingratitude and certain of his letters from this period read as if they were written by "a pompous martinet and a whining, petulant brat." As commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, he lost his temper more than once and indulged flatterers. Aaron Burr found him "a boring, colorless person." As president, he often believed the worst about individual officials. Ferling concludes that Washington's personality and temperament were those of "a self-centered and self-absorbed man, one who since youth had exhibited a fragile self-esteem." And yet he managed to realize virtually every grand design he ever conceived. Ferling's Washington is driven, fired by ambition, envy, and dreams of fame and fortune. Yet his leadership and character galvanized the American Revolution--probably no one else could have kept the war going until the master stroke at Yorktown--and helped the fledgling nation take, and survive, its first unsteady steps. This superb paperback makes available once again an unflinchingly honest and compelling biography of the father of our country.First of MenPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyGeneralsUnited StatesBiographyPresidentsBiographyUnited StatesGeneralsBiographyUnited StatesRegions & Countries - AmericasHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCUnited States - GeneralHILCCGeorge Washington1732-1799Generals--United States--BiographyPresidents--United States--BiographyUnited States Army--BiographyPresidentsGeneralsPresidentsBiographyGeneralsBiographyRegions & Countries - AmericasHistory & ArchaeologyUnited States - General973.4/1/0924Ferling John E.475858American Council of Learned Societies.MiUMiUUkMaJRUBOOK9910145326603321The first of men2039316UNINA