Description: A classic biography, "George Washington: A Life" tells the human story of one of our founding fathers. "Randall's demythologized Washington comes vividly to life".--"Publishers Weekly" (starred).
Brief description: Willard Sterne Randall lives in Burlington, Vermont. An award-winning journalist, he is now a Distinguished Scholar in History and Professor at Champlain College. He has written several biographies of Founding Fathers, including George Washington: A Life and Alexander Hamilton: A Life, or their antitheses, such as Forgotten Americans.
Review Quotes:
"A vividly written narrative that does [Washington] full justice as a man of the eighteenth century and as a bold and determined leader of the American Revolution."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer
--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "What makes this volume so remarkably accessible . . . is the way Randall consistently builds scenes with the grace of a novelist. . . . It's a grand story, well told in this biography."
--Burlington Free Press