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2/18/2024 4:09:52 PM EDT
I'm finishing Mark Tabbert's A Deserving Brother on Washington's Masonic life in advance of a trip to Virginia next week.

I'm interested in reading more about him.  No specific aspects, maybe general biographies of his entire life.  That may help me if I want to focus in on specific aspects.
2/18/2024 4:51:53 PM EDT
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Washington, a life. Ron Chernow
Gods on the side with the best artillery
2/18/2024 5:13:46 PM EDT
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Amazon Product
  • Washington: The Indispensable Man Paperback by James Thomas Flexner (Author)



and there's a free kindle edition too.
2/18/2024 6:23:56 PM EDT
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This.  Written as a citizen-friendly one-volume version of the author's definitive four-volume series.  I have recommended this to many.  Loved it.
"You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality." Ayn Rand
2/18/2024 6:25:02 PM EDT
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1776
Leave me alone. I’m a libertarian. CW vet x7, give away a kidney to a loved one if they need it.
2/18/2024 8:01:00 PM EDT
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FWIW, the “History That Doesn’t Suck” podcast has some good episodes about Washington
2/19/2024 6:54:33 PM EDT
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www.amazon.com/dp/0316286168

and there's a free kindle edition too.
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I'm not much on Kindle but ordered a copy.  Will be my airplane book.
2/19/2024 8:12:38 PM EDT
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The Papers of George Washington by jorge himself.
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Unfettered with the formalities of an economics education but well read in monetary history.
2/19/2024 9:40:04 PM EDT
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I'm not much on Kindle but ordered a copy.  Will be my airplane book.
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There is a Kindle reader app, that way you don't need a separate Kindle device.
2/20/2024 8:41:15 PM EDT
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The Papers of George Washington by jorge himself.
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I'll second that one.
4/1/2024 11:35:06 PM EDT
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Washington's Crossing by David Hackett Fischer

One of my favorite books about GW.  An excellent read and was hard to put down.  It basically covers the first year of the Revolutionary War, focusing on GW: His decisions, character, war strategy, etc.  

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/washingtons-crossing-david-hackett-fischer/1116780872
4/1/2024 11:36:18 PM EDT
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Washington, a life. Ron Chernow
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I will second this one too.
4/2/2024 12:44:40 AM EDT
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I agree. Well written glimpse into a critical year.
4/22/2024 2:12:22 AM EDT
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The Bulletproof George Washington by David Barton
4/22/2024 7:22:36 AM EDT
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Did not know that his Doctor actually killed him. The medical practices of the day was not much better than voodoo.  I saw a documentary the other day and did not know this little tidbit.
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4/22/2024 6:23:39 PM EDT
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Did not know that his Doctor actually killed him. The medical practices of the day was not much better than voodoo.  I saw a documentary the other day and did not know this little tidbit.
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He asked for it.  They went way too far and he was too weak to recover.

I think it was the younger doctor that recommended a tracheostomy but it was fairly new so the older doctor said no.
5/18/2024 12:40:54 PM EDT
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I enjoyed "His Excellency" by Joseph J. Ellis
"The grim meat hook of reality that is playing live has taught me that one rarely gets what they want or think they deserve." -jeepnstein
5/18/2024 12:45:17 PM EDT
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I listened to that on CD. I love David McCullough's writing, but he was also a great narrator. I also just listened to "The Wright Brothers", and that was wonderful.
"The grim meat hook of reality that is playing live has taught me that one rarely gets what they want or think they deserve." -jeepnstein
7/5/2024 9:56:00 PM EDT
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Condensed bio for the quick read https://www.amazon.com/George-Washington-Douglas-Southall-Freeman/dp/0678028346

Hardcore history people go for the seven volume complete set. Freeman's similar treatment of Robert Lee (four volumes) is also the definitive Lee bio.
That's no way for guys like us to go out. We should go out in the midst of a desperate battle, doing great deeds. - COL Rick Rescorla

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