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The Real George Washington (American Classic Series)

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The Real George Washington: The True Story of America s Most Indispensable Man

There is properly no history; only biography, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. If that is true of the general run of mankind, it is particularly true of George Washington. The story of his life is the story of the founding of America. His was the dominant personality in three of the most critical events in that founding: the Revolutionary War, the Constitutional Convention, and the first national administration. Had he not served as America s leader in those three events, all three would likely have failed. And America as we know it today would not exist.

Why, after two centuries, does George Washington remain one of the most beloved figures in our history? The Real George Washington answers that question by giving us a close look at this man who became the father of our country and the first American President. But rather than focus on the interpretations of historians, the books tells much of his exciting story in his own words. The second part of this 928-page book brings together the most important and insightful passages from Washington s writings, conveniently arranged by subject. Published by National Center for Constitutional Studies, a non-profit organization.

Learn for yourself why GLENN BECK, award-winning radio and Cable TV host has been encouraging people to read The Real George Washington !


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3 books for a patriots library
Having read all 3 books in this series, the Real George Washington is the longest and most comprehensive. This book, naturally, focuses more on the revolutionary war than the politics of independence. The great thing about these books is that they let you read our founders actual words instead of the twisted version of history presented by academia & popular culture. These men had more courage, humility and wisdom than pretty much anyone I can think of. We own them a debt of gratitude for what they sacrificed for us. Highly recommend reading all 3.
A must read for every American!
A must read for every American! I loved this book. It gave me the whole story behind the founding of the USA, and cleared up a lot of the questionable items found in abridged history books. Every HS/College student should read this book.
History revision for secular propaganda purposes
After reading just the first part of this book, to the point where young George gets his first military command, I cannot read further as it is an obvious revision of history in order to distort the fact that Gorge Washington was a Christian. Despite the fact, proven through numerous documents, and thru Mr. Washington's own writings, that he was a Christian, this book purposely voids all traces of this from this story. Shame on the author for this as the very fact that Mr. Washington was a practicing Christian is a very powerful part of his story. Shame on the author for promoting distorted truths as facts. Shame on the author for declaring his book as "The Real George Washington" as it is NOT! I do not recommend this book to anyone.

I would have liked to have been warned, before I purchased this book, that it was written by a history revisionist in order to fit current secular humanist religius philosophy.


Great Book, Great Man!
This book should be required reading for all high school students and all American citizens, for that matter. It reveals what a true and brave hero George Washington was as a General, but also what an incredibly good man he was as a person. This book gave me a real appreciation for the tremendous cost of our free country. When you read the book you will come to understand that there are so many times when things could have happened just a little differently and the USA would never have been born! It's a very thick book, but the last third of it or so is references and extra stuff. Please read this and then give it to someone else to read!
A hero, portrayed as one.
This is book was a pleasant surprise. I recently finished reading His Excellency by Joseph J. Ellis and was let down, I don't recommend it. Ellis' work is sterile and cynical. It accentuates Washington's flaws, and makes a point of deconstructing one of our nations heroes. I wanted a book with all the information but without the agenda. I didn't want the author to stand out more than the subject. I found what I wanted in The real George Washington.
It's a large volume, over 900 pgs. (The last 300pgs or so are texts and excerpts written by Washington himself) but the book isn't unwieldy. It's thick, but not the dictionary-size I thought it would be, it's about 8 x5 inches, a perfect size for easy reading. The text is on the large side and there are paintings, maps and letters scattered throughout. It ended up being a very quick read.

George Washington

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A pithy portrait that dismisses the 'mass of absurdities and deliberate false inventions' of some previous accounts.
His Excellency: George Washington

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To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose “statue-like solidity” concealed volcanic energies and emotions.

Here is the impetuous young officer whose miraculous survival in combat half-convinced him that he could not be killed. Here is the free-spending landowner whose debts to English merchants instilled him with a prickly resentment of imperial power. We see the general who lost more battles than he won and the reluctant president who tried to float above the partisan feuding of his cabinet. His Excellency is a magnificent work, indispensable to an understanding not only of its subject but also of the nation he brought into being.
As commander of the Continental army, George Washington united the American colonies, defeated the British army, and became the world's most famous man. But how much do Americans really know about their first president? Today, as Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph J. Ellis says in this crackling biography, Americans see their first president on dollar bills, quarters, and Mount Rushmore, but only as "an icon--distant, cold, intimidating." In truth, Washington was a deeply emotional man, but one who prized and practiced self-control (an attribute reinforced during his years on the battlefield).

Washington first gained recognition as a 21-year-old emissary for the governor of Virginia, braving savage conditions to confront encroaching French forces. As the de facto leader of the American Revolution, he not only won the country's independence, but helped shape its political personality and "topple the monarchical and aristocratic dynasties of the Old World." When the Congress unanimously elected him president, Washington accepted reluctantly, driven by his belief that the union's very viability depended on a powerful central government. In fact, keeping the country together in the face of regional allegiances and the rise of political parties may be his greatest presidential achievement.

Based on Washington's personal letters and papers, His Excellency is smart and accessible--not to mention relatively brief, in comparison to other encyclopedic presidential tomes. Ellis's short, succinct sentences speak volumes, allowing readers to glimpse the man behind the myth. --Andy Boynton

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Curious about George?
Amazon.com reveals a few facts about the legendary first president of the United States.

Washington bust by Jean Antoine Houdon.
Courtesy of the Mt. Vernon Ladies' Assoc.

1. The famous tale about Washington chopping down the cherry tree ("Father, I cannot tell a lie") is a complete fabrication.

2. George Washington never threw a silver dollar across the Potomac River--in fact, to do so from the shore of his Mount Vernon home would have been physically impossible.

3. George Washington did not wear wooden teeth. His poorly fitting false teeth were in fact made of cow's teeth, human teeth, and elephant ivory set in a lead base.

4. Early in his life, Washington was himself a slave owner. His opinions changed after he commanded a multiracial army in the Revolutionary War. He eventually came to recognize slavery as "a massive American anomaly."

5. In 1759, having resigned as Virginia's military commander to become a planter, Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis. Washington’s marriage to the colony's wealthiest widow dramatically changed his life, catapulting him into Virginia aristocracy.

6. Scholars have discredited suggestions that Washington's marriage to Martha lacked passion, as well as the provocative implications of the well-worn phrase "George Washington slept here."

7. Washington held his first public office when he was 17 years old, as surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia.

8. At age 20, despite no prior military experience, Washington was appointed an adjutant in the Virginia militia, in which he oversaw several militia companies, and was assigned the rank of major.

9. As a Virginia aristocrat, Washington ordered all his coats, shirts, pants, and shoes from London. However, most likely due to the misleading instructions he gave his tailor, the suits almost never fit. Perhaps this is why he appears in an old military uniform in his 1772 portrait.

10. In 1751, during a trip to Barbados with his half-brother Lawrence, Washington was stricken with smallpox and permanently scarred. Fortunately, this early exposure made him immune to the disease that would wipe out colonial troops during the Revolutionary War.

Timeline
Important dates in George Washington's life.

Engraving of Mount Vernon, 1804. Courtesy of the Mt. Vernon Ladies' Assoc.

1732: George Washington is born at his father's estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

1743: George’s father, Augustine Washington, dies.

1752: At age 20, despite the fact that he has never served in the military, Washington is appointed adjutant in the Virginia militia, with the rank of major.

1753: As an emissary to Virginia Lieutenant Governor Robert Dinwiddie, he travels to the Ohio River Valley to confront French forces--the first of a series of encounters that would lead to the French and Indian War.

1755: Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of Virginia's militia.

1759: He marries wealthy widow Martha Dandridge Custis.

1774: Washington is elected to the First Continental Congress.

1775: He is unanimously elected by the Continental Congress as its army's commander-in-chief. Start of the American Revolution.

1776: On Christmas Day, Washington leads his army across the Delaware River and launches a successful attack against Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey.

1781: With the French, he defeats British troops in Yorktown, Virginia, precipitating the end of the war.

1783: The Revolutionary War officially ends.

1788: The Constitution is ratified.

1789: Washington is elected president.

1797: He fulfills his last term as president.

1799: Washington dies on December 14, sparking a period of national mourning.


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The intriguing character of the man who would not be king.
This book was a bit different from what I expected when I received it as a gift. I enjoy reading American history, and thought this would be a historical examination of the Washington years, i.e. the Revolutionary War and his two terms in office. While it did obviously cover those events, it was far less of a history book and much more a biography. Indeed, some key historical events like the battles at Lexington and Concord are barely mentioned, and then only to provide some historical context for the biographical discussion. In other words, this is a high level view of America in the second half of 18th century, with Washington at the center and other people or events coming into focus only as necessary to shed light on his actions and attitudes.

The great value of this book is to offer the reader a deeper look into the character of a person who has been elevated nearly to demigod status in the minds of so many Americans. The author takes us past the Adonis-like sculpture that so many of us have seen in the Smithsonian, and into the mind of this singular figure whose importance to the birth of the country is both undeniable and somewhat accidental. We get to take a warts-and-all look at the real Washington, with his intriguing blend of ambition, ego, self-interest, commitment, service and resolve. On one hand is the aristrocratic, slave-owning squire obsessively amassing an ever larger personal estate. On the other is the revolutionary leader willing to put that life on hold for years on end and endure severe hardship to advance the greater common good. From ambitious young soldier, to marginally competent general, to stateman and president, and finally to the retired gentleman manipulated by the scheming Hamilton, Washington's successes and failures are treated with equal fairness by the author.

Particularly intriguing was the insight into Washington's growing internal conflict between his idealism -- the realization that slavery was inconsistent with his revolutionary principles -- and his intense realism and pragmatism -- the knowledge that immediate action toward emancipation was not practical either for the country or his personal affairs. His willingness to compromise on the issue for the sake of holding the country together during its formative years is understandable as we consider Washington the statesman. His vacillation at the personal level, particularly the moral inconsistencies on the slavery issue -- his willingness to own slaves to secure his financial interests, while feeling a moral revulsion to selling them -- give us a look at the internal struggles of Washington the private man. Much has been said by historians about his decision to free his slaves in his will, but the intellectual and moral gyrations that led him to that point tell us much more about Washington than that final act.

Overall I was very pleased with the insights offered in this volume, and found it a very enjoyable and quick read. I would recommend it for anyone who wants to get an unvarnished look at the real Washington. A great man? Definitely. But this book reminds us that in the final analysis, he was just a man at a unique place and time in history, and he played his role well.
I'll take the authors word for it.
I had a problem with the tone of this book from the start. Ellis makes definitive, conclusory statements consistently. This would be great if substantiated, except his assertions are frequently without clear citation. After a few paragraphs you're lead to an endnote that cites dozens of pages of another book or lumps two or three of Washington's letters together. This is especially concerning regarding Ellis's treatment of slavery (which incidentally seems to get more time than any other topic, and was the most rewarding portion to read). With such a charged topic I would think perfect citing is a must.

The other aspect of the book that is troubling of the repetition of themes - almost as if Ellis is anticipating chapters are going to be read separately or photocopies and handed out to a class. He reasserts the same point (Cinncinattus and Fabian thinking) in an odd way, especially considering the short length of the book and the cursory nature he treats topics worth more time.

Because Washington is worth reading about, this book is worth reading. But I'll be looking for a more complete biography that I can put a little more faith in regarding the sources. I'd recommend "His Excellency" for someone who is looking for a new perspective on Washington, not someone looking to read their first biography on our first president. As for Ellis's attempt to read Washington's mind - from marrying Martha to freeing his slaves in his will - the reader has to take the authors word for it. There aren't enough hard facts cited to make a convincing case for many of Ellis's conclusions.
Don't bother with this one
So after the first chapter I have found out Washington was a liar, a mass murderer, and a coward. I have tried to read this book on several occasions as it has been in my library since I foolishly purchased it shortly after it came out. Now that I am two chapters into it I will put it down and not waste anymore time on this revisionist history.
Joseph Ellis has been proven a liar and was put on leave from Mt. Holyoke for dishonesty. Look it up. It's not surprising that a dishonest man like Ellis would seek to tear down the image of a man who had so much to do with shaping the ideals and values of the founding of country.
I would recommend the Flexner volume over this or The Real George Washington. The title of this book (His Excellency) should have given Ellis's intent to besmirch the character of Washington away.
No active footnotes? (Kindle edition)
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His Excellency: George Washington

Sampling the Kindle edition, there are no active footnotes. What was the publisher thinking?!

Otherwise, it looks like a great biography of Washington. However, I'll have to pass on the e-book until this flaw is corrected. Hence, three stars.
Excellent!
This book does an excellent job of showing the very human side of George Washington. There are some parts that offer unnecessarily-detailed descriptions of surrounding events. However, for the most part it is a very helpful synthesis 1000s of pages of information that shed light on his personality and overall life story. I definitely recommend it! Washington's God is another wonderful book on George Washington.
George Washington on Leadership

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FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, FIRST IN LEADERSHIP. Richard Brookhiser’s revolutionary biography, Founding Father, took George Washington off the dollar bill and made him live. Now, with his trademark wit and precision, Brookhiser expertly examines the details of Washington’s life that fullscale biographies sweep over, to instruct us in true leadership. George Washington on Leadership is a textbook look at Washington’s three spectacularly successful careers as an executive: general, president, and tycoon. Brookhiser explains how Washington maximized his strengths and overcame his flaws, and inspires us to do likewise. It shows how one man’s struggles and successes 200 years ago can be a model for leaders today. Washington oversaw two startups-the army and the presidency. He chaired the most important meeting in American history-the Constitutional Convention. Washington rose from being a third son who was a major in the militia, to one of the most famous men in the world. At every stage in his career, he had to deal with changing circumstances, from tobacco prices to geopolitics, and with wildly different classes of men, from frontiersmen to aristocrats. Washington’s example is so crucial because of the many firsts he is responsible for.

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Richard Brookhiser: Making a Buck
Not to take away anything from Brookhiser's obvious success as a journalist and historian, "George Washington: On Leadership" strikes me more aptly as "Brookhiser On: How To Keep My Bank Account Full".

Brookhiser does little in the way of setting forth what he deems to be leadership qualities, let alone discussing them in any detail. Given easy access to the internet, historical facts and anecdotes about the lives of many people, I suspect that Brookhiser (or numerous others) could have just as easily written "Muhammad Ali: On Leadership" or "Bernie Madoff: On Leadership," not to equate the Father of Our Country with either. Neither does Brookhiser's meandering style of presentation help this case, as a lack of chronological consistency detracts, rather than helps, in setting the context for a view toward the evolutionary development of Washington's leadership skills, whatever they may have been, and whether in the context of his time or ours.

No, Brookhiser's effort strikes me as a weak attempt to retroactively apply some vague idea of "leadership qualities" to an individual who led over 200 years ago, with little regard for or reference to the importance of context and time. That he chose, for example, to dwell at such length (and depth!), literally ad nauseum for me, on the building of latrines by Washington's troops makes me wonder whether he merely identified a list of what he perceives to be leadership traits, and then spent his time researching Washington's life in order to come up with anecdotal examples, some admittedly colorful, that he could use to illustrate the aspects of leadership that he'd already decided on.

Maybe next time, Brookhiser can write ""Sarah Palin: On Leadership," so we can learn how he equates Palin's propensity for quitting her jobs before she finishes them with whatever leadership traits he associates with her particular style of....uhhhhh.......leadership. Now THAT would be enlightening....perhaps. Then again, if he does, I'll look for it in the humor section of my local bookstore.
O.K.
Not one of Brookhiser's better books. Just O.K.
His book on the founding fathers was better written
Good analysis of Washington's leadership skills.
Contemporary American historian Richard Brookhiser established himself as an authority on George Washington a decade ago with his biography, Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington. I contend it is one of the best accounts written on the father of our country. In GEORGE WASHINGTON ON LEADERSHIP, Brookhiser combines his admiration and in-depth knowledge of Washington with a common sense interpretation of his leadership skills and shortcomings.

I think it is safe to say Brookhiser is not attempting to transition into a business guru. Clearly his passion and expertise is in 18th century American history and should remain there. Here, he simply makes observations of one of the great leaders of our history and provides analysis and overview of the lessons leaders should take away from his life.

Since first reading Brookhiser's work a decade ago, he has been one of my favorite contemporary historians and has only let me down once. His book, What Would the Founder's Do, contained far too much editorializing and commentary with very little factual evidence to support it and much to dispute it. That left me somewhat skeptical of future Brookhiser writings, but I must say this book has restored his position with me as an exceptional writer. His writing flows very well and holds the reader throughout.

This volume is a great historical recap on the life of Washington that history buffs will enjoy. If you are looking to the book strictly as a way of learning leadership qualities, it falls a little short here as each lesson Brookhiser conveys is a multiple page recounting of events, typically followed by a single paragraph of summation.

Those who know his work know Brookhiser is a huge fan of Washington; however he disallows his admiration from causing omission of some of Washington's shortcomings. Great as he was, Washington wasn't perfect and there is as much to be learned from his failures as from his successes.

Noteworthy use of Washington as a model
Richard Brookhiser, a National Humanities Medalist, is a popular author, journalist and biographer. Considering his stellar previous work about America's founding fathers, as well as his deep knowledge of George Washington, you would expect his book about the first U.S. president's leadership traits to be good. And so it is, interesting and full of well-told stories. Yet, it does falter sometimes. For example, the opening chapter lauds Washington's prescience for installing latrines in his soldiers' encampments. Such praise overlooks the fact that the Roman Army routinely dug latrines for its soldiers 2,000 years ago. Overall, Brookhiser usefully translates episodes from Washington's life into management lessons for today's executives, though it may strain the use of metaphor to rename his Mount Vernon plantation WashCorp and to classify the presidency as a start-up. Despite such small lapses, Brookhiser works many intriguing anecdotes into his narrative and demonstrates vividly just how Washington became such a significant leader. getAbstract welcomes his history-based examination of how to use Washington's leadership lessons.
Biography Applied
Among the books on management and leadership, there is a subcategory which looks at the topic from a the perspective of a historical person. A quick perusal of the bookshelves suggests that a CEO can learn from Aristotle, Queen Elizabeth or even Attila the Hun. Often, these books are a little too clever for their own good. Reducing Jesus' teachings to bulletpointed tactics or applying Napoleon's life lessons to the boardroom seem a bit trivial. Nonetheless, the genre is not without some benefit. The greatest is that these books create a new audience for biography and history. Richard Brookhiser's book on leadership through the example of George Washington is one of the best books of its type.

The author is not a business writer who tries his hand at history. Instead, Richard Brookhiser is a biographer first. As a result, his stories about the founding father are told well. The usual leap from the pages of history to modern application doesn't appear forced to Brookhiser. The depth of his knowledge of the subject makes Washington as contemporary as today's newspaper.

Brookhiser creates three broad categories for his reflections: problems, people, and self. As he explores each category, specific topics emerge, and then the author explores events from Washington's life and career. In a more traditional biography, some events would necessarily be edited out. For example, I never knew of Washington's concern for the building of latrines to protect his men from disease. The only problem with this approach is the difficulty of finding some coherence. Some events are relayed several times for different reasons, and the reader sometime gets mental whiplash trying to keep the chronology correct.

One of the greatest benefits of the book is that Brookhiser doesn't write a hagiography. He is willing to show Washington's leadership mistakes. For example, he writes about the shortcomings of his collaborative leadership style. Although a collaborative approach might adopt the wisdom of several ideas, it can also promote the weaknesses of each. George Washington is shown as a fallible human being with his own personal failings. His greatest is derived in part from a self-knowledge which allows him to compensate for those failings.

George Washington was a farmer, a soldier, a president and a patriot. Throughout all his career, he was a great leader. Brookhiser reminds us why we should continue to study and emulate the man.
. . . If You Grew Up with George Washington

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This book tells you what it was like to live in Virginia during the colonial times of the 1730's and 1740's.

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If you are curious....
Life in the colony of Virginia in the 1730's and 1740's -- the time that George Washington was growing up -- is described in lively detail with wonderful watercolor illustrations! Food, clothing, work, games, education, news, fashion, medicine and more are all brought to life for young readers.

How wonderful for children to get an idea of what kind of childhood formed the mind of our first American President.
My students loved it!
I have several of the "If You Grew Up...." titles in my free-reading area of my sixth grade classroom. The George Washington title is one of the most-often chosen titles--probably because they are curious about our first president. This title also gives a good description of what life was like for the gentry class of Virginia in the 1740s-1760s. Students have been able to use the information to write comparison pieces about GW's life and their own. I highly recommend this title and the others in the series for both the literature and social studies classroom. Weak readers have a high interest in the subject matter; strong readers enjoy a quick read.
If you...bought all of these books
Although I don't have all the books in this series ("if you..."), the six that I have are so fun and interesting, that I intend to get them all asap. My three children (3-8), my husband and I LOVE them.
superb!
Outstanding look backwards in time to discover what it would have been like to grow up with George Washington. The book answers lots of questions; What kind of clothes would you wear?, What about the bathroom?, What did children do to have fun?, What would you learn in school? How did people carry their tabacco around?, Who made the laws for the colony? and many more... Loads of cheery illustrations cover the pages.
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While enjoying a innocent lakeside campout, five modern-day children are transported back in time to the days of George Washington and other American Revolutionary figures. Reprint.

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Suitable Introduction to the American Revolutionary War for Youngsters
The value of "George Washington's Socks" is not so much that it gives tons of information about our first president --it doesn't-- but that it really brings home the fact that the American Revolutionary War was real, and that people suffered for what they believed in.

In essence, it's sort of a Time Warp Trio/Magic TreeHouse adventure. There are four boys -- Matthew, Quentin, Hooter and Tony-- and the little sister, Katie, who leads them into trouble. The gang doesn't have a Tree House or Book to whisk them off, but a rowboat.

Talking Points:::
This is one of the books our school has chosen for all 4th Graders to read; and having read it, I can understand why. Elvira Woodruff makes the cold and danger of Washington's crossing palpable. And she doesn't shy from having good people die.

Generally pedestrian writing --from an adult's point of view-- but appropriate for kids.

George Washington is portrayed as a kind, fatherly figure; but the focus is more on common people.

AR -- 5.0

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An interesting book if you are a pacifist.
This book is a four-star book for those who agree with the following statement from the young hero: "I thought this was supposed to be one of the good wars. (The Revolutionary War) The rebels were supposed to be the good guys, but maybe there's no such thing as just good guys fighting bad guys. It seems like there's good and bad on both sides. And you know, the funny thing is that sometimes they're really fighting for the same things."

If you do not believe in cultural/moral relativism, or if you believe that the Revolutionary War was worth fighting, than this book has several flaws and rates only 2 stars. One, is that George Washington appears only briefly in the beginning and at the end, and is depicted as a kindly, rather distracted older uncle. Nothing new here, although George Washington was a complex, heroic figure who certainly merits an entire book for younger children. In this book his rather flat characterization pales in comparison to the three young soldiers who are killed. The second problem is the insistence on the part of the author that war is not justified and that recruits are duped into joining and then die tragic, unnecessary deaths. The deaths of Israel, Gustaf and Adam are depicted with extreme realism and are moving, yet very disturbing. This is probably what the author intended, and mirror some present day beliefs. If you want your child to believe that war is never justified, that soldiers are either callous thugs (the rebel soldiers) or innocent victims led to the slaughter (Israel), than this is a four-star book.

As for me, I will continue in my search for a book for 5th/6th graders on George Washington; one that depicts that great man in a more interesting and complex manner.
Best Book Ever!!
I just finished George Washington's Socks ..... And I loved it! It's about a boy named Matt, his sister Katie and his 3 friends Hooter, Q, and Tony. Matt wants an adventure, but when something happens, somehow they end up in the eighteenth century! They are on a boat that they found and when Katie gets lost, Matt is about to cry, but then someone saves her. Who could it be? Was it Matt? You have to read the book in order to find out. Have you ever heard of the name Gustav? Well Matt, Tony, Q, Hooter and Katie have. He was nice, but they thought that he was the rebel. But then something horrible happens.... Gustav died. Why such a good guy die? Then Matt remembers something. When they were all going to the eighteenth century, Katie was thinking about the revolutionary war, and when they were in the boat again going back home, Katie was thinking about going home. They all end up home right when Katie said that. That's really weird. Is the boat magic? Read the book in order to find out.
Best shared, but independent readers will enjoy.
Should be on every 4-6 teacher's bookshelf. A time-travel adventure gimmick will get the kids to read it, and they'll relatively painlessly learn about some of the horrors of war, including cowardice, that all too many texts gloss over. And yet it's not "politically correct" - Washington is made slightly more human but still heroic, for example. Any kid who does read it will probably ace the test on the American Revolution.... As for the review "Caution Parents" - if you feel that you must keep your children in a bubble, then I'm sure you can talk to them about how foolish you believe the characters to be. Use the book to teach not only the Am. Rev., but also the need to make careful choices.
A Family Story
This was a great book with lots of heart and history. A perfect read aloud for families....

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