In the fall of 1791, Washington, just two years into his presidency, was unsatisfied with where the country was going-or not going. At the center of it was our history’s hero, George Washington. The country was first rocked by these seemingly modern-day troubles more than two centuries ago, when the United States was in its infancy and the ink on its governing document was barely dry. The crises that have plagued America in recent years are largely viewed as unprecedented events. Fierce debate over the status of non-white people. A president governed by self-interest and unfettered by the limits of executive power. From the bestselling author of Astoria, Young Washington, and an upcoming book about the legendary Shawnee Chief Tecumseh comes a startling, revisionist look at the earliest days of the United States, its first president, and the policies that laid the groundwork for the political and racial divisiveness of today.Ī violent clash that sparked outrage and division.
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