Book description
Utilizing new primary source material from the Papers of George
Washington, a documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription
and publication of original documents,
A Companion to George Washington
features a collection of original readings from scholars and popular
historians that shed new light on all aspects of the life of George
Washington.
- Provides readers with new insights into previously neglected
aspects of Washington's life
- Features original essays from top scholars and popular historians
- Based on new research from thousands of previously unpublished
letters to and from Washington
Edward G. Lengel
is Professor and Editor-in-Chief of the Papers of George Washington, a
documentary editing project dedicated to the transcription and
publication of original documents, at the University of Virginia. His
books include
General George Washington: A Military Life
(2005);
This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary
War Letters
(2008),
Inventing George Washington: America's Founder in Myth and
Memory
(2011), and many others. Lengel is a columnist for Military History
magazine and has appeared in documentaries about Washington on The
History Channel.
