Washington's Circle: The Creation of the President
New York: Random House, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. xx+ 536 pp. with index, bibliography. Illustrations. " A magisterial portrait of the extraordinary Americans who served the nation's first chief executive..." The authors reveal George Washington's character through his relationship with his inner circle and how together this unlikely group created the office of the presidency. Here we find such men as Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury; John Adams, the often irksome Vice President; Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson; Henry Knox of the War Department; Edmund Randolph, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris and others. Fine / fine. Item #E28142
ISBN: 9781400069279
Price: $18.95