Washington

From the author of Alexander Hamilton,the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musicalcomes a gripping portrait of the first president of the United States. Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography ΓÇ£Truly magnificent . . . [a] well-researchedwell-written and absolutely definitive biographyΓÇ¥ ΓÇöAndrew RobertsThe Wall Street Journal ΓÇ£Until recentlyIΓÇÖd never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George Washington . . . WellI was wrong. I canΓÇÖt recommend it highly enoughΓÇöas historyas epicandnot leastas entertainment.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇöHendrik HertzbergThe New Yorker Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washingtonthis crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early yearshis heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary Warhis presiding over the Constitutional Conventionand his magnificent performance as America’s first president. In this groundbreaking workbased on massive researchChernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolidunemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashingpassionate man of fiery opinions and many moods. Lin-Manuel MirandaΓÇÖs smash Broadway musical Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamiltonthe production also features George WashingtonThomas JeffersonJames MadisonAaron BurrLafayetteand many more.