Blooding at Great Meadows: Young George Washington and the Battle That Shaped the Man

by Alan Axelrod Narrated by David Drummond

Overview

History celebrates George Washington as the leader of the American Revolution and the father of his country. But what has gone previously unexamined is Washington's life as a twenty-two-year-old lieutenant colonel; he led four hundred American militiamen against a bigger, more experienced French army and paid a high price. Not only did Washington lose over a third of his men, but the Battle of Great Meadows was also the spark that ignited the French and Indian War.

Yet in the midst of this bitter battle, Washington forged the intellectual, visceral, and spiritual aspects that enabled him to achieve all that he did in the years that followed. In this never-before-told account, historian Alan Axelrod examines the geopolitical, financial, and intensely personal issues that shaped the leader Washington would become.

Editorial Reviews

Washington Times

...well-researched, well-told tale.

PA) Tribune-Review (Greensburg

....This well-researched book gives readers a good understanding of the forces that shaped Washington's character..Reading like an adventure story.

APR/MAY 08 - AudioFile

A less skilled narrator might have stumbled with this production, which, though focused around a single crucial episode in the young George Washington's career, also ranges across the whole of Colonial history. The material covers the wars between France and England and between Indians and whites, which preceded the War of Independence. David Drummond finds the thread and inner logic of Axelrod's narrative, and draws together his numerous themes into a compelling and satisfying story. Drummond’s brisk, unaffected delivery matches Alexrod's unromanticized portrait of the great Founding Father—who in this account is a young man of his place and time, not yet a man of destiny. Alexrod's account embraces all of Colonial history—its richness, breadth, and nuance are enhanced in this fine production. D.A.W. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169661699
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2006
Edition description:	Unabridged

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