The Return of George Washington

NEW YORK TIMES  BESTSELLER "An elegantly written account of leadership at the most pivotal moment in American history" ( Philadelphia Inquirer ): Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson reveals how George Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and serve as our first president. After leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, George Washington shocked the world: he retired. In December 1783, Genera