To celebrate Washington's birthday: 5 best books about George Washington

3. Washington: A Life, by Ron Chernow

Ron Chernow is an award-winning biographer, already famed for his portraits of Alexander Hamilton, J.P. Morgan, and John D. Rockefeller, before he tackled George Washington in his 2010 book Washington: A Life. This examination of America’s first president allows Washington to emerge as an admirable, flawed, and very human figure. (CSMonitor review, 11/3/10)

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