The Life of George Washington - Volume I (Cosimo Classics Biography)

Author Washington Irving believed this his monumental biography of Americas first great military hero and president to be his finest literary achievement. Indeed it is a masterful work a superlative life of George Washington and stood as a definitive text long after its 1860 publication. Volume I opens with a genealogy of the Washington family tracing its roots back to the time of the Norman Conquest and explores the future generals education as a boy his service in the French and Indian conflicts and his participation in the early rumblings of revolution in the British colonies in America. WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859) was born in New York City to Scottish immigrant parents. Considered by some the Father of American Literature Irving is best known for his short stories including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle but he also produced an extensive bibliography of essays poems travel books and biographies.