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George Washington
Creating a Nation
By Coleman, Wim & Perrin, Pat
- ISBN
- 978-0-76602-290-4
- Publisher
- Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2004.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Gr 5-8 This biographical survey opens rather weakly with an account of a latent Revolutionary War mutiny that Washington apparently squashed by putting on a pair of spectacles and thereby emotionally overwhelming his men. The unlikelihood of this episode grabbing young people is something to consider, as is the content that follows. The first several chapters dryly chronicle Washington's years growing up and rising through the colonial militar...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
