George Washington Complete

by Henry Cabot Lodge

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction, Presidents

172 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1889

About the author

Henry Cabot Lodge, Ph.D. (History, Harvard University, 1876; M.A., Harvard; LLB, Harvard, 1874; B.A., Harvard College, 1972) was a historian and biographer who was elected U.S. Senator for Massachusetts on the Republican ticket six times, where he served as the first de facto Senate Majority Leader, a position first formally held by his immediate successor, Charles Curtis.

Lodge served on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. He held the Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1919 until his death, and his staunch opposition to Woodrow Wilson's Treaty of Versailles ensured that the United States never joined the League of Nations and influenced the structure of the later United Nations, to which his grandson, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., served as U.S. Ambassador, 1953–60.

Reviews

[Doreen Petersen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really good read!!!

[Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best biography of George Washington I've read. Lodge does a fantastic job of providing insight into the character of Washington, and counters some of the popular misconceptions of Washington being a snob and a gold-digger. It's a long book and can be a challenge because of the writing style. It made George Washington become my all-time hero.

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a real good account about George Washington written by an author at the turn of the 1900's. So the book was written over 100 years ago, but it seemed really fresh and easy to read. The author seemed to really like and admire Washington.

I enjoyed it because I wanted to read more biographies about people and I figure the first should go to America's first true hero. What he accomplished just amazed me. I knew most of what he did, but I got a better appreciation of him and what he did to lead us against Britain rule and his sacrifices into the early stages of independence. Just remarkable.

The only down turn of the book was the author used so many last names of US generals and British generals/people that you pretty much had to remember history or you could not really get lost, but you wouldn't know who these people were. I remembered some from school, but not everyone. A couple names I just had to say ok, I guess someone from Britian... The other part was the chapters were very long, especially the last one of over 60 pages (in all it is 490 pages). Most of that is just the author writing about this or that and most of it I skipped.

But overall a good book.

[Emily]

Still at this one because it's huge but it's really well written and possibly one of the best biographies I've ever read.

[Sandra · Rating 2 out of 5]

Started off interesting, but didn't hold my interest.

[Leslie]

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https://www.questia.com/read/9012542/...