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The abolition debate: "Imperceptible" is unacceptable.

Virginia, for the win.

The wars within.

At every turn, British disrespect.

Absolutely amazing and fascinating. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to understand Washington beyond the polished idol or the reprehensible slave owner that many people make him out to be today. He was a complicated person, but a great man, and Ellis emphasizes this while also unabashedly illustrating his flaws.

An abbreviated biography of George Washington, with a focus on his mental and emotional state (and hypocrisies). This one's not glossing over his complicacy in various massacres and his personal looming debts, but is attempting to give a more balanced history with some historical and political context for the time.