"Revered as a general and trusted as America's first elected leader, George Washington is considered a great many things in the contemporary imagination, but an intellectual is not one of them. In correcting this longstanding misconception, ... offers a stimulating literary biography that traces the effects of a life spent in self-improvement"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2017
call number/section: 920
subjects: washington, george, 1732-1799, books and reading, presidents, united states, biography, biography & autobiography / presidents & heads of state, biography & autobiography / literary, history / united states / revolutionary period (1775-1800), biographies