James Thomas Flexner

James Thomas Flexner (1908-2003) was the author of the prize-winning, four-volume biography of George Washington, for which he won a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize citation. His one-volume abridgment, "Washington: The Indispensable Man" (1974), is the basis for Sterling Signature's illustrated edition. Flexner was also the author of "The Young Hamilton" (on Alexander Hamilton), "Mohawk Baronet" (on Sir William Johnson), and "The Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John...See more

James Thomas Flexner (1908-2003) was the author of the prize-winning, four-volume biography of George Washington, for which he won a National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize citation. His one-volume abridgment, "Washington: The Indispensable Man" (1974), is the basis for Sterling Signature's illustrated edition. Flexner was also the author of "The Young Hamilton" (on Alexander Hamilton), "Mohawk Baronet" (on Sir William Johnson), and "The Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre," and many books on American art. See less