![]() ![]() ![]() Ron Chernow talked about his biography, Washington: A Life, published in October 2010 by Penguin Press. In 1990, he won the National Book Award for his first book, The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance. I actually felt emotional throughout various parts of the books and especially at the end when they died. ![]() Anyone else absolutely love these books Writer does an amazing job of painting pictures of their lives. Chernow is the author of five other books including biographies of Alexander Hamilton and John D. Book Overview A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography. Ron Chernow Books In the past year finished: Washington: A Life, Hamilton, Grant. The book is dedicated to his wife, Valerie, who died in 2006. The book is billed as “the first large-scale, single volume, cradle-to-grave narrative of George Washington.” Ron Chernow spent six years writing this book which is just over 900 pages long. This is the second of two parts of the interview. Other issues included: the role Washington played in molding the office of the presidency his nominations to the Supreme Court and his attitude toward slavery. He talked about some of the relationships George Washington had, including Thomas Paine, Benedict Arnold, and John Hancock. ![]() Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and activities. T20:00:18-04:00 Ron Chernow talked about his biography, Washington: A Life, published in October 2010 by Penguin Press. Read Washington: A Life by Chernow, Ron, lexile & reading level:, (ISBN: 9781101444184). ![]()
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