I've done some reading of American History and I wanted to put some detailed information to the name of our First President as to the man he was, before history rewrote his legasy to the snippets of information we are provided through K12 and some college courses. I really only knew his bio related to being "elected" the first President of the U. S. and the role he played as Commanding General of the Revolutionary Forces that went up against the King of England's powerful military of the this time in history.  I have determined with this book John Marshall will bring a lot of information together to form a good opinion of the man and his accomplishments.  There is so much more than I would have ever come across in my studies and his development into the General and President that led this country to it's military and political accomplishments.  I was looking for personal life experiences of George Washington and I found his life story contains a more clear understanding of colonial and colonial America that I have found in my other reading. I am struggling with the writing and find it a hard read, but worth the effort as John Marshall's portrail of this man's life achievement is the most complete information on Washington I have found. His closeness to this man is evident with his personl perspective and knowledge of the man and does deliver his own first hand telling of just who this man was before becoming the leader of the American Revolution and our first President.