Inventing George Washington : America's Founder, in Myth and Memory

from nbmars

Edward G. Lengel is editor in chief of the Washington Papers Project and thus has spent hours and hours “in the company” of George Washington. As someone who therefore has had the truth in hand, he has marveled over the tenacity of falsehoods about Washington. The purpose of this book is to explo...

from CBJames

George Washington never chopped down a cherry tree as a boy. He probably never chopped down a cherry tree in his life. But you probably already knew that. Why would anyone chop down a perfectly good cherry tree? Edward G. Lengel's book, Inventing George Washington looks at the history of Washingt...

from CBJames

George Washington never chopped down a cherry tree as a boy. He probably never chopped down a cherry tree in his life. But you probably already knew that. Why would anyone chop down a perfectly good cherry tree? Edward G. Lengel's book, Inventing George Washington looks at the history of Washingt...

from JBD1

A perfectly fine, but not all that overly interesting, history of Washington myth-building and debunking.

from mybucketlistofbooks

Excellent work. The author goes about dealing with the myths that have grown up around George Washington in a very thorough and easy to read way. He has done even more here though,showing how social, political, economic and other factors drive the rise of mythologies surrounding popular figures. ...