Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father

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A new, brash, and unexpected view of the president we thought we knew, from the bestselling creator of Astoria

Two decades before he led The us to independence, George Washington used to be a flailing young soldier serving the British Empire within the vast wilderness of the Ohio Valley. Naïve and self-absorbed, the twenty-two-year-old officer unintentionally ignited the French and Indian War—a conflict that opened colonists to the potential of an American Revolution.

With powerful narrative drive and vivid writing, Young Washington recounts 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 at some point face at Valley Forge. Leading the Virginia troops into battle taught him to put aside his own relentless ambitions and stand in solidarity with people 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 Washington offers new insights into the dramatic years that shaped the person who shaped a nation.

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