Here is an introduction to a Washington many readers never even dreamed existed. Here is the young boy growing up on a frontier plantation—a boy left fatherless at eleven to assume his responsibilities as head of the family. Here is the ambitious youngster learning to be a surveyor, venturing ever farther into the wilderness.

Grown to young manhood, he undertakes an important mission to the French in the Ohio Valley, serves with valor in the French and Indian War, makes a reputation as a good soldier. Settling down to plantation life he watches the burning trouble with England become ever more intense.

Then follow the gripping, painful years of the Revolution when Washington's iron courage inspires his followers to struggle on when the cause seems all but lost. With the victory won, he helps to found the new government and serves as its first President.

No more impressive American ever lived. George Washington's great spirit flashes forth from the pages of this absorbing biography.

From the dust jacket