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Title: Very well done but too short
Review: What an excellent bio of our first Prez. Although it is very difficult to get at the heart of what Washington was thinking and feeling, since his most personal correspondence was completely destroyed, Ellis brings his impressive abilities from "Founding Brothers" to bear and the result is a very good read. If you've read recent bios of Franklin, Adams, and Hamilton over the past couple years or so, you will get a different perspective that will inform and entertain.One complaint is that this book is just too short. I realize that Ellis was probably trying to keep it under 300pp so that it could appeal to a wider appeal than Chernow's Hamilton bio or McCullough's Adams bio does, I found myself wanting more, not just at the end, but all the way through. That's the ONLY reason I give it 4 starts instead of 5.Fabulous read, though.
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