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Review of Ron Chernow’s Washington: A Life

Jill Lepore is a widely recognized and well-respected historian of eighteenth-century America. I don't usually venture this far back into the Early Republic, but her review might convince me to read Chernow's biography of Washington. Every generation must have its Washington; ours is fated to choose among dozens. Ronald Reagan, in his first Inaugural Address, … Continue reading Review of Ron Chernow’s Washington: A Life