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Interlude for 250

Washington was a complicated man who played a significant part in the revolutionary war and didn’t seek the presidency but answered the call. His politics alienated a lot of his closest friends and allies, but he did get the US through its infancy as the new government worked itself out. This is a short but comprehensive biography that sticks to facts and doesn’t embellish his memory in hyperbole.

Finally in the home stretch now (thank God). I will say that it's at least kind of interesting that Washington's fellow Founding Fathers all grew to resent him by the end of his presidency. And that he was basically forced into the presidency at all. He may have been our first president, but he was far from our best.

I keep thinking: it's not a BAD biography. It takes a little bit of time for me to settle into every time I pick it up. But the use of direct quotes from Washington & co. - usually a welcome aspect of non-fiction books - kinda takes me out of it. The old language is tricky to follow, and the quotes are almost constant. Also, think I would've preferred a more narrative biography; this one is too much of a fact dump.