In this highly acclaimed and enduring biography, John R. Alden traces the interwoven histories of George Washington and the nation he helped to create, defend, and guide toward the future.

Discusses major battles, campaigns, and leaders as well as political, economi and cultural conditions in the colonies.

An outstanding contemporary historian presents a balanced and objective account of the Revolution based upon recent American and English scholarship.

The book also gives a valuable account both of the origins and evolution of Southern sectionalism and of the role of the South in creating the Union.

In time he moved to Virginia to live with his stepson; he died there in 1818. From the beginning of his career, Stephen Sayre aspired to wealth, social position, and political influence.

Biography of Robert Dinwiddie, who served as lieutenant governor of colonial Virginia from 1751 to 1758, first under Governor Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle, and then, from July 1756 to January 1758, as deputy for John ...