The Life of George Washington (Presidential Chronicles - Individual)

The Life of George Washington (Presidential Chronicles - Individual)

The Life of George Washington is the first installment in Presidential Chronicles , the series of books and videos on American history as seen through the lives of the Presidents of the United States. Historian David Fisher created this series to tell the stories of all the U.S. Presidents, with robust yet concise chronicles of their lives. His extensive use of quotes and period-specific images help convey the essence of these national leaders, delivered in a digestible format that will cater to those with a casual interest in American Presidents, as well as hard core enthusiasts. The Life of George Washington chronicles the life of the nation’s first President. Here’s a sample, with some perspective from David Fisher: “Of all the monikers applied to Americans from the dawn of the Republic, none resonates as well as the very first, the Father of His Country. … Many [of the Founders] had critical skills that were essential to the success of that national founding, but none had the kind of impact that the so-called ‘indispensable man’ had on so many of the foundational events without which the attempt at independence and nationhood may have been aborted before it could even begin. There were many fathers, but only one Father, and that was George Washington. … Subsequent generations would think of Washington as more myth than man, thanks in part to the glorified renderings portrayed by many of his biographers. In some ways, Washington had moved beyond the realm of man as he modeled his life and decision-making in the mode of the archetypal virtuous republican leader. He set the standard, and lived his life to that standard more so than perhaps any leader in the annals of time. Washington deserves the undying gratitude not only from his American posterity but also that of freedom-loving people around the globe. According to Oxford University’s Max Roser, before the birth of the United States, there were zero democracies in the world. The war George Washington won, the Constitution he was instrumental in establishing, and the initial government that he led, introduced democracy to the modern world. The 87 democracies noted in existence by Roser in 2009 represented more than all other forms of government in the world combined. More than four billion people lived under democratic institutions in 2015, far more than living in autocracies or similar forms of government. George Washington wasn’t only the Father of his Country. In many ways, he was the Father of all this democratic transformation that has occurred since he secured independence for his people across a relatively small strip of land on the eastern coast of the North American continent. This is Washington’s true far-reaching and long-lasting legacy, one whose impact is unequaled in the annals of mankind in the last 2000 years.” The Presidential Chronicles series will eventually include biographies of every U.S. President, made available as individual E-Books as well as in groups of five in printed volumes.