You Never Forget Your First- A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe
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Web ID: 16778146A 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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