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Two in the Far North
Raising Ourselves
Into the Wild
A Thousand Trails Home
There's Always This Year
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first—and finds he’s not quite the man we remember

Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused an international incident, and never backed down—even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle.…

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