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cook_memorial_public_library's review
4.0
A 2017 staff favorite recommended by Mary. Check our catalog: https://encore.cooklib.org/iii/encore/search/C__Swashington%27s%20farewell%20avlon__Orightresult__U?lang=eng&suite=gold
benfast's review
3.0
Really interesting listen, though perhaps best suited to a physical format. The history is very complicated, interconnected, and intense.
I didn't know much about Washington's story, or even much about the foundation of America after the Revolutionary War. I heard John P. Avlon interviewed on Charlie Rose over a year ago when Obama was about to give his farewell address. Avlon was so well spoken and presented the information so well that I really wanted the book, but then with the first year of Trump and stress in personal life I just didn't feel I could get through the heavy American history. When I finally decided to go for it, I was enthralled by the history, confused at times, but also really interested. It probably took me another half the book's total run time of skipping back to try and understand things. I purposefully went on long walks with the dog I was taking care of just to try to get in larger chunks of the book at one time.
I recommend it for people interested in American history, politics, or current affairs, but would recommend getting a physical version of the book!
I didn't know much about Washington's story, or even much about the foundation of America after the Revolutionary War. I heard John P. Avlon interviewed on Charlie Rose over a year ago when Obama was about to give his farewell address. Avlon was so well spoken and presented the information so well that I really wanted the book, but then with the first year of Trump and stress in personal life I just didn't feel I could get through the heavy American history. When I finally decided to go for it, I was enthralled by the history, confused at times, but also really interested. It probably took me another half the book's total run time of skipping back to try and understand things. I purposefully went on long walks with the dog I was taking care of just to try to get in larger chunks of the book at one time.
I recommend it for people interested in American history, politics, or current affairs, but would recommend getting a physical version of the book!
miamickut's review against another edition
4.0
Great context, history, and aftermath of George Washington’s farewell speech. Very topical for January, 2021.
Quarantine read.
Quarantine read.
amarj33t_5ingh's review
5.0
What makes this book so impertinent to read is the fact that it is a concise commentary on Washington's Farewell Address. Why does this matter? Because Washington's farewell is a momentous advice, imparted by a trailblazer who established precedents when he had none to emulate himself.
While Washington's advice has never been wholly implemented; its spirit remains preserved in American Republicanism.
A must-read for all historians and politicians.
While Washington's advice has never been wholly implemented; its spirit remains preserved in American Republicanism.
A must-read for all historians and politicians.
miamickut's review
4.0
Great context, history, and aftermath of George Washington’s farewell speech. Very topical for January, 2021.
Quarantine read.
Quarantine read.
libra17's review
5.0
I found this while browsing in my local library, and read it because the nature of the topics seemed both interesting and relevant. Ultimately, I finished the last page feeling like I learned a lot more about American history and current events from Washington's farwell 'address' than in any history class. It is one thing to talk to people - be they high school students or adult citizens - about American history as our past. In my experience, at least, the vast majority of people will simply say 'So what? That happened centuries ago. It's not relevant to me or to America today.' Avlon's book puts American history into context that ties together history and current events so as to illustrate for readers the importance of events passed and the bearing wise advice should still have on our future. Washington's Farewell is divided into three main parts, each with its own purpose. The first part relays the context of the birth of the US and the experience upon which Washington drew to write his farewell address. The second part analyzes each of the 'pillars' of the farewell address. The third part brings put a selection of examples of how the farewell address has shaped the views of subsequent Presidents, how it has long provided the framework of American politics in general, and how the farewell address and its advice are - in many ways - forgotten by most of the American public for whom the address was written. Acknowledging a holistic view of Washington and not pretending at a whitewashed version of history, Avlon presnets the importance of George Washington's farewell address in understanding America's past and how we can observe his advice in order to shape our future into something better for the average citizen.
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