Full name: Patriarch: George Washington and the New American Nation

Author: Richard Norton Smith Year: 1993 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780395855126 0395855128

A dramatic portrait of George Washington's presidential years, Patriarch is a gripping story of politics and statecraft. Smith describes Washington's struggle to preside over the bitter feud between Jefferson and Hamilton--two brilliant members of his cabinet--while attempting to distinguish the first presidency. Similar books: The Real George Washington by Jay A. Parry Washington by James Thomas Flexner George Washington by James MacGregor Burns America's First Dynasty by Richard Brookhiser John Quincy Adams by Harlow Giles Unger The Return of George Washington by Edward J. Larson George Washington by Willard Sterne Randall John Adams and the American Revolution by Catherine Drinker Bowen Andrew Jackson by H. W. Brands The Passions of Andrew Jackson by Andrew Burstein First Family by Joseph J. Ellis Gentleman Revolutionary by Richard Brookhiser The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz An Imperfect God by Henry Wiencek Roosevelt by James MacGregor Burns The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard First Light by Geoffrey Wellum The Children of Henry VIII by Alison Weir Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne