Don Higginbotham is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the author of Daniel Morgan: Revolutionary Rifleman and The War of American Independence, and the coauthor of The Atlas of the Revolution. He has edited The Papers of James Irdell and Reconsiderations on the Revolutionary War.
Washington as the hot-blooded, impetuous militia officer is quite
different from Washington the Virginia burgess. Yet both roles
offered opportunities for leadership training that were essential
in Washington’s preparation for supreme command. . . . There are
few books like this; Higginbotham’s study represents an
amalgamation of prior views of Washington within the framework of a
unique American military tradition." — Choice
"Historians and all those concerned with American traditions will
find this book informative, provocative, and highly satisfying." —
Journal of American History
Washington as the hot-blooded, impetuous militia officer is quite
different from Washington the Virginia burgess. Yet both roles
offered opportunities for leadership training that were essential
in Washington's preparation for supreme command. . . . There are
few books like this; Higginbotham's study represents an
amalgamation of prior views of Washington within the framework of a
unique American military tradition." - Choice
"Historians and all those concerned with American traditions will
find this book informative, provocative, and highly satisfying." -
Journal of American History
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