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A vivid and groundbreaking portrait of a young, struggling George Washington that casts a new light on his character and the history of American independence, from the bestselling author of Astoria
Two decades before he led America to independence, George Washington was a flailing young soldier serving the British Empire in the vast wilderness of the Ohio Valley. Naive and self-absorbed, the twenty-two-year-old officer accidentally ignited the French and Indian War—a conflict that opened colonists to the possibility of an American Revolution.
With powerful narrative drive and vivid writing, Young Washingtonrecounts the wilderness trials, controversial battles, and emotional entanglements that transformed Washington from a temperamental striver into a mature leader. Enduring terrifying summer storms and subzero winters imparted resilience and self-reliance, helping prepare him for what he would one day face at Valley Forge. Leading the Virginia troops into battle taught him to set aside his own relentless ambitions and stand in solidarity with those who looked to him for leadership. Negotiating military strategy with British and colonial allies honed his diplomatic skills. And thwarted in his obsessive, youthful love for one woman, he grew to cultivate deeper, enduring relationships.
By weaving together Washington’s harrowing wilderness adventures and a broader historical context,Young Washingtonoffers new insights into the dramatic years that shaped the man who shaped a nation.
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Peter Stark
Peter Starkis an adventurer and historian. He is the author ofAstoria: Astor and Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire, aNew York Timesbestseller and a PEN USA Literary Award finalist. A former correspondent forOutsidemagazine, Stark has also been published inSmithsonian,The New Yorker,The New York Times Magazine, andMen’s Journal. Hisother books includeYoung Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father,a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize; andGallop Toward the Sun: Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison's Struggle for the Destiny of a Nation. Based in Montana, he and his family have also lived in Mozambique and Brazil.
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Malcolm Hillgartner
