Chief Justice John Marshall’s biography of George Washington is one of the most important early accounts of the first president, written by a man who knew Washington personally and witnessed many of the events he describes. Volume 2 focuses on Washington’s role as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, covering the military campaigns, political pressures, and personal fortitude that carried the Revolution through its darkest years.
Marshall’s perspective as a founding-era statesman gives his biography a unique authority, even as his admiring tone reflects the hagiographic conventions of early American biography. Download this free EPUB for an indispensable primary text in Washington scholarship.