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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Edward G. LengelPublisher: Hachette Books Imprint: Da Capo Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.508kg ISBN: 9780306823473ISBN 10: 0306823470 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 26 January 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for First Entrepreneur First Entrepreneur is an almost magical book. It deftly tells the little known story of George Washington s life as a man of business and simultaneously convinces us that his vision of a commercial nation creating a community of interests between all parts of America was (and still is) the key to our survival as a nation. Edward Lengel has added a new dimension to Washington s greatness. Thomas Fleming, author of The Great Divide Praise for First Entrepreneur First Entrepreneur is an almost magical book. It deftly tells the little known story of George Washington s life as a man of business and simultaneously convinces us that his vision of a commercial nation creating a community of interests between all parts of America was (and still is) the key to our survival as a nation. Edward Lengel has added a new dimension to Washington s greatness. Thomas Fleming, author of The Great Divide Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/15 [Lengel] organically traces the evolution of Washington's free market thinking through his first and second presidential terms: building a national economy, encouraging domestic manufacturing, establishing a central bank, and developing a sense of unity of purpose. A deeply researched and nicely handled biography. Author InformationEdward G. Lengel is an American military historian and professor at the University of Virginia. He is the director of the Washington Papers documentary editing project in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is the author of General George Washington: A Military Life, which was a finalist for the 2006 George Washington Book Prize, and Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |