You Never Forget Your First- A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe

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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN NPR CONCIERGE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR. In her form-shattering and myth-crushing book,. Coe examines myths with mirth, and writes history with humor, (You Never Forget Your First) is an accessible look at a president who always finishes in the first ranks of our leaders Boston GlobeAlexis Coe takes a closer look at our first and finds he is not quite the man we rememberYoung George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, caused an international incident, and never backed down even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named his dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way, though he lost more battles than he won. After an unlikely victory in the Revolutionary War cast him as the nation's hero, he was desperate to retire, but the founders pressured him into the presidency twice. When he retired years later, no one talked him out of it. He left the highest office heartbroken over the partisan nightmare his backstabbing cabinet had created. Back on his plantation, the man who fought for liberty must confront his greatest hypocrisy.

  • Product Features

    • Suggested age range- Adult
    • Format- Paperback
    • Dimensions- 5.4" W x 8.3" H x 1" D
    • Genre- History
    • Publisher- Penguin Publishing Group, Publication date- 02-02-2021
    • Page count- 304
    • ISBN- 9780735224117

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4 years ago

A Fresh, Fun & Educational Read

George Washington like you have never read him before. Alexis Coe has written a light, overview biography of America's First that makes reading this genre fun, manageable and accessible to all. If those door-stopper size academic biographies have you backing away, look no further than "You Never Forget Your First". Coe gives the reader enough content to understand who Washington was in several stages of his life without overwhelming and finds a way to make history entertaining through fun facts often in list form while dispelling some of history's most believed myths. (If only my history textbooks had looked like this!) "YNFYF" dives into Washington's youth, his involvement in the Revolutionary War, his tireless commitment to the creation of the United States but also doesn't gloss over G.W.'s faults - like his less than stellar stance on slavery (even for his time he was behind the times). I found the laundry list of his major illnesses mind-blowing! How this man lived long enough to be President without modern medicine is beyond me. For history fans this will be a quick read that will entertain and for those of you who may want to learn a little more about the man who started it all "You Never Forget Your First" is a great place to start. I would love to see Coe tackle the lives of other Founding Fathers along this same vein. Don't be afraid to add this biography to your TBR list. ⁠

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