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The Education of George Washington: How a forgotten book by Austin Washington

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By Austin Washington

George Washington—a guy of honor, bravery and management. he's referred to as America’s first President, an outstanding normal, and a humble gentleman, yet how did he develop into this guy of stature?

The schooling of George Washington solutions this question with a brand new discovery approximately his previous and the fantastic publication that formed him. Who higher to unearth them than George Washington’s great-nephew, Austin Washington?

Most Washington fanatics have heard of “The ideas of Civility” and realized that this guided our first President. yet that’s no longer the ebook that really made George Washington who he was once. In The schooling of George Washington, Austin Washington finds the key that he came across approximately Washington’s prior that explains his actual version for behavior, honor, and leadership—an instance that lets all use.

The schooling of George Washington additionally incorporates a entire facsimile of the forgotten booklet that modified George Washington's existence.

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