![]() In contrast to his four-volume series, this biography contains dozens of helpful maps, charts and illustrations which serve to bring the words to life in a way the original volumes could not. Flexner’s style of writing in this book is more consistently contemporary than in his earlier, longer series and this book proves eminently readable throughout. “Washington: The Indispensable Man” is an engaging, articulate and clear rendition of Washington’s life from his humble beginning in Westmoreland County, Virginia to his death at Mount Vernon in the final days of 1799. In his effort to downsize the much longer series into a one-volume account of Washington’s life, Flexner succeeded admirably. It has been widely read and well-admired ever since. Flexner wasted little time accommodating those who implored him to author a biography accessible to a wider audience, and as a result this single-volume work was published in 1974. “ Washington: The Indispensable Man” is James Thomas Flexner’s single-volume abridgment of his epic four-volume series on George Washington published between 19. ![]()
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