First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity Valsania Maurizio
First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity Valsania Maurizio Dispelling common myths about the first US president and revealing the real George Washington.Finalist of the…
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First Among Men: George Washington and the Myth of American Masculinity Valsania Maurizio
Dispelling common myths about the first US president and revealing the real George Washington.Finalist of the George Washington Book Prize by the George Washington's Mount VernonGeorge Washington--hero of the French and Indian War, commander in chief of the Continental Army, and first president of the United States--died on December 14, 1799. But what do we really know about Washington as an upper-class man?Washington is frequently portrayed by his biographers as America at its unflinching best: tall, shrewd, determined, resilient, stalwart, and tremendously effective in action. The myth-making began immediately thereafter, and the Washington mythos crafted after his death remains largely intact.
Eighteenth-century ideals of upper-class But this aggressive and muscular version of Washington is largely a creation of the nineteenth century.
Papers of George Washington
Papers of George Washington