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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson recovers a crucially important - yet more often than not overlooked - chapter of George Washington's life, exposing how Washington preserved the United States by appearing out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and provide as our first president. After leading the Continental Military to success in the Revolutionary Warfare, George Washington shocked the world: he retired. In December 1783, Standard Washington, the most effective man in the united states, stepped down as Commander in Main and returned to private life at Support Vernon. Yet as Washington contentedly grew his house, the fledgling North american experiment floundered. Beneath the Articles of Confederation, the poor central administration was struggling to raise earnings to pay its bills or reach a consensus on nationwide policy. The expresses bickered and grew apart. Whenever a Constitutional Convention was set up to handle these problems, its chances of success were lean. Jefferson, Madison, and the other Founding Fathers realized that only 1 man could unite the fractious expresses: George Washington. Hesitant, but duty-bound, Washington rode to Philadelphia in the summertime of 1787 to preside over the Convention. Although Washington is often overlooked generally in most accounts of the period, this masterful new record from Pulitzer Reward champion Edward J. Larson brilliantly uncovers Washington's vital role in shaping the Convention - and shows how it was only with Washington's support and his willingness to provide as President that the expresses were brought jointly and ratified the Constitution, therefore saving the united states.
