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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973.41092 EAN: 9781402736117 ISBN: 1402736118 Label: Sterling Manufacturer: Sterling Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: August 28, 2006 Publisher: Sterling Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Sterling Related Items:
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 Rating: - Terrific Biography of Washington for TeensThis biography takes the reader from George Washington's birth past the French and Indian War when he takes his place as a legislator in the Virginia House of Burgesses. It is a quiet, interesting biography I was thrilled to read. I get a sense of George Washington as a man and a person, not just as a figurehead. George had no experience soldiering or as a leader when he became a colonel in the British Colonial Army. He has status and rank but that is about it. He fought the French and made ... Read More 
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