His Excellency, George Washington - Joseph J. Ellis - Hardcover CS Tonight is going to be

Tonight is going to be a night to remember

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His Excellency, George Washington - Joseph J. Ellis - Hardcover CS Tonight is going to beJoseph Ellis follows Washington from his military career to his presidency, illuminating the difficulties the first executive faced as he worked to keep the emerging country united in the face of adversarial factions. He details aspects of Washington's private life his marriage and subsequent entrance into the upper echelons of Virginia's plantation society, his large debts, his attitude towards slavery, his relationship with his profligate stepson