That famous description of George Washington by his friend ... Resigning his commission, he enthusiastically took up the life of a Virginia planter. Washington had been renting a family farm ...

26, 1789, George Washington woke early. Assisted by his enslaved valets ... Yet, as a scholar writing a biography about Washington, I believe it was an important step in his much larger ...

Against heavy odds, Washington outmaneuvered British forces to lead the colonists to victory. But after the war’s end, Washington watched with dismay as the very officers who had fought off the rule ...