George Washington: Life in America One Hundred Years Ago (American Pioneers and Patriots)

We search history in vain to find a parallel to Washington. As a statesman as a general as a thoroughly good man he stands pre-eminent. He was so emphatically the Father of his country that it may almost be said that he created the Republic. -John S.C. Abbott Preface 1875American historian John S.C. Abbott wrote George Washington-Life in America One Hundred Years Ago (1875) as part of his American Pioneers and Patriots series. George Washington (1732-1799) Father of His Country was an American general and commander-in-chief of the patriot forces in the American Revolution and served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.