An Imperfect God is a unique biography of one of the most famous statesmen of all time. Wiencek looks beyond the established view of Washington as general, commander in chief and first President of the United States, to show the other side of his life as an aristocratic slave holder; the general of an army that was comprised of ten to twenty-five per cent black slaves and as a man who struggled with the curse of slavery his entire until, shortly before his death, freeing all his slaves. This other, less documented life, is ...
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An Imperfect God is a unique biography of one of the most famous statesmen of all time. Wiencek looks beyond the established view of Washington as general, commander in chief and first President of the United States, to show the other side of his life as an aristocratic slave holder; the general of an army that was comprised of ten to twenty-five per cent black slaves and as a man who struggled with the curse of slavery his entire until, shortly before his death, freeing all his slaves. This other, less documented life, is dazzlingly brought to life with verve and brilliant research. Combining both journalism and historical detection, Wiencek takes the reader on a modern-day journey through the places that made up Washington's world, talks to archaeologists, historians, keepers of Washington shrines and Washington's own descendants, along the way revealing a convincing, and unusual, portrait of this complex man. At the centre of this reappraisal is the figure of West Ford, a Washington slave, whose family claim a familial connection with George Washington. An Imperfect God is a fascinating and thought-provoking piece of historical writing and a masterpiece of biography.
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Add this copy of An Imperfect God to cart. $7.70, like new condition, Sold by Keeper of the Page rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Enumclaw, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2003 by MacMillan.
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Fine. Very Good++ DJ. No Exp MacMillan 2003 First Edition NL with 1 Minimal shelfwear to dust jacket. Bright pages. Some photo illustrations. HEAVY ITEM.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. Stated 1st edition with complete number line starting with 1. DJ has some minor general wear. Illustrated. 8vo; 416 pages.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book New York: Farrar, Straus And Giroux, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing (with full number line on copyright page) in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean beige boards with brown spine, bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or fading. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound-no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with black and white plates. 404 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped, slightest hint of wear at corners. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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New in new dust jacket. Giftable. We ship daily from our smoke-free, humidity-controlled premises. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 404 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
