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Title: Don't bother with this one
Review: So after the first chapter I have found out Washington was a liar, a mass murderer, and a coward. I have tried to read this book on several occasions as it has been in my library since I foolishly purchased it shortly after it came out. Now that I am two chapters into it I will put it down and not waste anymore time on this revisionist history.Joseph Ellis has been proven a liar and was put on leave from Mt. Holyoke for dishonesty. Look it up. It's not surprising that a dishonest man like Ellis would seek to tear down the image of a man who had so much to do with shaping the ideals and values of the founding of country.I would recommend the Flexner volume over this or The Real George Washington. The title of this book (His Excellency) should have given Ellis's intent to besmirch the character of Washington away.
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