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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe
2 reviews
lipstickitotheman's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.5
It's alright! I listened to the audiobook version, so I can't speak to the references or source integration.
The author explicitly sets out to correct some of the deification of Washington, and she's mostly successful. Really effective myth-busting!
The most interesting thing to me was learning that congress waived postage fees for letters to George Washington in the time between when he was general and president, and to Martha Washington after he died. So interesting!
The author explicitly sets out to correct some of the deification of Washington, and she's mostly successful. Really effective myth-busting!
The most interesting thing to me was learning that congress waived postage fees for letters to George Washington in the time between when he was general and president, and to Martha Washington after he died. So interesting!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Death, Genocide, Infertility, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
kayceeraereads's review against another edition
funny
informative
medium-paced
4.0
What do I know about George Washington? Pretty much whatever fits on overlapping section on a venn diagram of what you learn in the Alabama public school system (yikes) and.....Hamilton references? So basically that he was tall, a general, he was on a boat on the Delaware, and he was the first President of the United States.
Alexis Coe's You Never Forget Your First succinctly covered the broad strokes of his early life, his part in the Revolution, his Presidency. Her creative use of tables and breaks in the story gave more insight in to Washington's life and was very effective. Coe does a fantastic job helping readers get to know the very flawed man that was a legend not only to his peers, but to Americans today.
Alexis Coe's You Never Forget Your First succinctly covered the broad strokes of his early life, his part in the Revolution, his Presidency. Her creative use of tables and breaks in the story gave more insight in to Washington's life and was very effective. Coe does a fantastic job helping readers get to know the very flawed man that was a legend not only to his peers, but to Americans today.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Slavery
Moderate: Death
Minor: Terminal illness and War
Discussion of enslaved people, their living situations, their treatment, and familial seperation.
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