George Washington: A Holiday House Reader

In his latest easy reader, David Adler makes the extraordinary life of George Washington accessible to beginning readers. From George's boyhood in Virginia to his post as commander in chief of the Continental army in the Revolutionary War, from his marriage to Martha Dandridge Custis to his inauguration as the new nation's first president, this easy-to-read biography offers a succinct introduction to the life of the man who was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."