best autobiography of george washington

And in terms of impact-per-page, this may have been the best of the group. ( Full review here) –. * The last two Washington biographies I read were “ Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation ” by Richard Norton Smith and “ The Ascent of George Washington ” by John Ferlin. While they each have merit, they fell far short ...

1. Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. Ron Chernow won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of George Washington. Gordon Wood, an esteemed historian of the American Revolution, called Chernow’s book, “The best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume biography of Washington ever written.”. Chernow’s goal is to make Washington ...

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution. America almost lost the Revolutionary War just after it started. After a failed battle in New York City in August 1776, General Washington and his troops retreated–but he had to devise a new strategy in order to stay in the war.