George Washington: The Wonder of the Age

“The only Washington biography you need.”—Wall Street Journal

As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington’s writings and a curator of the great man’s original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation’s preeminent founding father. In this “crisply written, admirably concise, and never superficial” biography (Fergus M. Bordewich, Wall Street Journal) Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man—who first achieved fame in his early twenties—is inextricably bound to his mythic status. Solidly grounded in Washington’s papers and exemplary in its brevity, this approachable biography is a superb introduction to the leader whose name has become synonymous with America.

• George Washington: A Life in Books
• Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty
• The First Congress: How James Madison, George Washington, and a Group of Extraordinary Men Invented the Government
• George Washington, Nationalist (Gay Hart Gaines Distinguished Lectures)
• The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
• Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
• Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac
• The Unexpected President: The Life and Times of Chester A. Arthur
• Churchill, Roosevelt & Company: Studies in Character and Statecraft
• Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth