Washington, an Abridgment in One Volume

by Douglas Southall Freeman

An abridgment by Richard Harwell of the seven-volume "George Washington" by Douglas Southall Freeman. Freeman won the Pulitzer Prize for this title. Fully illustrated throughout.

780 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1968

About the author

The son of a Confederate veteran, Douglas Southall Freeman was long interested in the Civil War. A man of intense work ethic, he earned his PhD at 22, then balanced a journalist's demanding schedule with a historian's, as he churned out Lee's Dispatches (1915), the Pulitzer-Prize-winning four-volume R. E. Lee: A Biography (1934-35), Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command (1942-44), and finally, the multi-volume George Washington (1948-54). A respected historian, renown for his research, he garnered fame in his native Virginia and the friendship of major military figures.

Reviews

[BigHeadWalt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hard to believe that this is an abridged version of the 7 volume biography of the same name.
Goes into incredible detail about the military career and the acquisition of his lands yet does not give much detail of his second administration as compared to the first. Regardless, this is an amazing summation of the indispensable man