The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789

In this groundbreaking new look at our first citizen, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson masterfully chronicles how George Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement four years after the War of Independence to lead—and unite—the struggling new nation. Though the period between the Revolution and the Presidency has previously been neglected in studies of Washington’s life, Larson’s striking reassessment shows that Washington’s greatness in fact rests on these…