George Washington: An Interactive Biography
"I want an American character, that the powers of Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves, and not for others; this in my judgment, is the only way to be respected abroad and happy at home." -George Washington to Patrick Henry, October 9, 1795 Experience the life of George Washington through authentically reproduced artifacts and documents that can be removed from the book and examined-including: * A leaf from the Washington family Bible   * One of young Washington's first survey sketches  * General Washington's military commission  * Washington's official orders to the army  * The peace treaty that ended the Revolution  * A map of the siege of Yorktown  * George Washington's personal copy of the Declaration of Independence Rod Gragg is an award-winning historian and the author of sixteen books on topics in American history. He is currently director of the Center for Military & Veterans Studies at Coastal Carolina University.