One is a full biography, one focuses on the American Revolution, and the third explores Washington's attitudes on slavery they make for a rich collection of informative reading. The three books chosen for this review, all published within the last two years, emphasize a particularly important theme concerning Washington's incredibly eventful life-the development of his character and his growth as a man. The University of Virginia is in the process of publishing The Papers of George Washington (fifty-two of the ninety volumes have been completed), and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art recently exhibited thirteen stunning portraits of Washington by the Rhode Island-born artist Gilbert Stuart.Ī recent outburst of serious and extremely enjoyable books about the man has reinforced this worthwhile cause.
These current labors, part of an eighty-five-million-dollar "To Keep Him First" campaign, have been bolstered by the efforts of others. At Mount Vernon they are striving to recast Washington's image as America's first action hero, while also sponsoring a high-tech,Ĭomputer-driven rejuvenation of him to figure out exactly what he looked like at ages nineteen, forty-five, and fifty-seven. Our nation's first commander in chief, George Washington, is back in the news. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves and the Creation of America.
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