{"product_id":"9780316286053","title":"Washington: The Indispensable Man","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter more than two decades, this dramatic and concise single-volume distillation of James Thomas Flexner's definitive four-volume biography \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which received a Pulitzer Prize citation and a National Book Award for the fourth volume, has itself become an American classic. Now in a new trade paperback edition, this masterful work explores the Father of Our Country - sometimes an unpopular hero, a man of great contradictions, but always a towering historical figure, who remains, as Flexner writes in these pages, \"a fallible human being made of flesh and blood and spirit - not a statue of marble and wood... a great and good man.\" The author unflinchingly paints a portrait of Washington: slave owner, brave leader, man of passion, reluctant politician, and fierce general. His complex character and career are neither glorified nor vilified here; rather, Flexner sets up a brilliant counterpoint between Washington's public and private lives and gives us a challenging look at the man who has become as much a national symbol as the American flag.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Thomas Flexner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52985927827616,"sku":"9780316286053","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/1012963.jpg?v=1761579997","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780316286053","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}