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121 pp.
| Linnet
| August, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-208-02509-X$$22.50
(4)
4-6
This biography of the nation's first commander in chief focuses on his stint as an officer in Virginia's colonial militia during the French and Indian War. Bland prose reveals some lesser-known information about Washington, such as how his arrogance and inexperience resulted in a massacre that was among the causes of the war. Dramatic art loosely illustrates the text. Bib., ind.