Blooding at Great Meadows, Alan Axelrod
Blooding at Great Meadows, Alan Axelrod
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Blooding at Great Meadows
Young George Washington and the Battle that Shaped the Man

Author: Alan Axelrod

Narrator: David Drummond

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, History


Synopsis

The man who would prevail in a war for independence came of age not through easy victory but in triumphal defeat. A Blooding at Great Meadows is a unique look at the founding father as a young, inexperienced military leader with many lessons yet to learn but already possessed of the character to learn them.

About Alan Axelrod

Historian Alan Axelrod is the author of the business bestsellers Elizabeth I CEO and Patton on Leadership, as well as many books on American military history. He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, Fox, and NPR, and his work has been featured in BusinessWeek, Fortune, and Cosmopolitan, among other publications. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.


Reviews

It's amazing that Washington had such a disastrous beginning of his career! I watched a 3 night special on the History Channel about him, and had to read some non-fiction about this part of his life to see if the program was correct. It turns out that it was! So Washington fought the battle that basi......more

Goodreads review by Hotspur

Listened to the audio book. All about the very early exploits of George Washington. Much of the book centers around his origins and the VA planter society that spawned him. I found it to be a decent read on the subject-- Washington's early life is pretty much a mystery to historians. Very few legiti......more

Goodreads review by Bethany

The actual battle(s) at Great Meadows are just a small part of the story here. Lots of background. Most of the Washington biographical info is better covered elsewhere (Ron Chernow) but this book does go into some depth about the relations of France, England, and their colonists with the native Amer......more