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Title: Hard to forget Ellis' past mis-history
Review: George Washington is my favorite historical character, and I've read a number of GW biographies. When I heard that Ellis had written a GW biography, I hoped that my interest in Washington--and the anticipation that I would find out something new about him--might help me to overcome my memory of Ellis' deliberate "mis-history" as a teacher at Mt. Holyoke (Google "Joseph Ellis Holyoke" if you don't know or remember the details). Unfortunately, I was disappointed to find little new...or interesting, for that matter. There are a number of good Washington biographies available, and I think this book will probably be a disappointment to most who buy it thinking that it adds to what's out there already.
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