Washington: A Life Cover
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Washington A Life

Ron Chernow

From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington.

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The Megyn Kelly Show

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The Megyn Kelly Show

It was described as a favorite of the speaker, who praised Chernow's poetic writing style.

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But it's, you know, he writes like poetry and he brings this guy to life.

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It was described as a favorite of the speaker, who praised Chernow's poetic writing style.

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But it's, you know, he writes like poetry and he brings this guy to life.

Empire: World History

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Empire: World History

It was described as a glorious book that included letters written by Washington to his tailor, which helped the author determine Washington's actual height, as well as the size of his hands.

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I've been just reveling in so many brilliant George Washington books at the moment.

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Episode: 151. The Founding Fathers: George Washington

It was described as a glorious book that included letters written by Washington to his tailor, which helped the author determine Washington's actual height, as well as the size of his hands.

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I've been just reveling in so many brilliant George Washington books at the moment.

Millions are gaping, says Weems, to read something about it.

It's called Washington, A Life.

This is a revelation in the book by Ron Chernow, who also very famously did the biography of Hamilton, upon which Lin-Manuel Miranda based his musical.

I've got something to whisper in your lug, Weems wrote in January 1800.

History That Doesn't Suck

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History That Doesn't Suck

It was mentioned as a multi-volume biography of George Washington that was later condensed into a shorter, more accessible version. The podcast host used it as a source for an episode about the number of slaves on George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.

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Thomas Flexner, who is basically the god of George Washington.

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It was mentioned as a multi-volume biography of George Washington that was later condensed into a shorter, more accessible version. The podcast host used it as a source for an episode about the number of slaves on George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.

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Thomas Flexner, who is basically the god of George Washington.

He literally wrote the book on Washington. The multi-volume books. The books. Yeah, the multi-volume. Plural.

So you need to know that if you look at Chernow and you think, wow, that's a long, that's a long book. That's a dense book. That is. That is the Reader's Digest version of what Thomas Flexner did in terms of biographies.

Thomas Flexner mentioned there being 20 enslaved people.

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