VERY GOOD: The book's covers, spine, pages, and dust jacket are in excellent condition, approaching LIKE NEW. There are remainder marks on the top and bottom edges (see photo).
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From the dust jacket: "Washington spent his adolescence in military service, starting as a colonel in command at the age of twenty-two. ...
"How he began his life's journey is what George Washington's First War is about. It is a dramatic story of frontier warfare played out against the anxieties and resentments of an ambitious adolescent. Here are accounts of harrowing ordeals in the wilderness, the decisive part played by the Indian nations whose continent this was, and the epic clash of empires. Others have looked at Washington's activities during the French and Indian War without recognizing that he played his part in that history during his painful transition from boy to man. His repeated blunders and defeats arose from his youthful impetuosity and inexperience and weak support from his government.
"Clary has a sound understanding of eighteenth-century wilderness warfare, and his descriptions of battles are vivid, exciting, and laced with horrifying details. Brought to dramatic life are Washington's harrowing wintertime journey into the wilderness to order the French to leave the territory, the Jumonville Massacre, his bloody defeat at Fort Necessity, his heroism at the Battle of the Monongahela (Braddock's Defeat), his years of frustration commanding the Virginia Regiment, the Forbes Expedition of 1758, his insubordination to civil and military superiors, and his resignation from the army.
"A revealing portrait of Washington during a crucial, formative period of his life, this is the indispensable backstory to the making of a great man."
