Summary
"In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and finds he's not quite the man we remember Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused an international incident, and never backed dow... Full description
- His Mother's Son
- "Pleases My Taste"
- "The World on Fire"
- "Blow out my brains"
- The Widow Custis
- "I Cannot Speak Plainer"
- "What Manner of Man I Am"
- "The Shackles of Slavery"
- Hardball with the Howe Brothers
- The Court of Public Opinion
- George Washington, Agent
- Eight Years Away
- "From Whence No Traveller Returns"
- Unretirement
- The Presidency; or, "The Place of His Execution"
- Infant Nation
- "Political Suicide"
- Farewell to "Cunning, Ambitious, and Unprincipled Men"
- Final Retirement
- " 'Tis Well".