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The Making of the Prefident 1789: The Unauthorized Campaign Biography

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Making of the Prefident 1789: The Unauthorized Campaign Biography
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Marvin Kitman
Foreword by John Cleese
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140
Category/GenreHistory
Humour
ISBN/Barcode 9780802137357
ClassificationsDewey:324.973041
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
Publication Date 21 September 2000
Publication Country United States

Description

George Washington was said to be "First in War, First in Peace." In The Making of the President 1789, humorist Marvin Kitman argues that our first president was also the first American leader to ride his personal foibles to political greatness. Kitman lampoons the modern "campaign insider" books, asking: "How is it possible that a man with no military experience becomes a general? He loses more battles than he wins and becomes a war hero? He has absolutely no political opinions in the most sophisticated intellectual period of our history? He has no ambitions, and he wins?" Through careful research, Kitman exposes Washington's weaknesses for social climbing and high-stakes whist and his relationships with the Founding Girlfriends.