{"product_id":"9781595553959","title":"Washington: A Legacy of Leadership","description":"His name is carved in granite, his likeness cast in bronze, his legend as large as the role he played as America's first president. But before he was a commander-in-chief, George Washington was a general in a revolution that would decide the future of the people and land he called his own. If victorious, he would gain immortality. If defeated, he would find his neck in a hangman's noose. \u003cbr\u003e Washington knew the sting of defeat?at Brandywine, at Germantown?yet this unwavering leadership and his vision for a new and independent nation emboldened an army prepared to fight barefoot if necessary to win that independence. Wrote an officer after the Battle of Princeton:  \"I saw him brave all the dangers of the field and his important life hanging as it were by a single hair with a thousand deaths flying around him.\" \u003cbr\u003e Among America's pantheon of Founding Fathers, one man?to this day?stands out.  Author Paul Vickery tracks the unlikely rise of Washington, a man whose stature in command of a young army became prelude to a presidency. As Vickery writes, \"He learned to become the father of our country by first being the father of our military.\" ","brand":"Nelson, Thomas, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129548914928,"sku":"9781595553959","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781595553959_p0.jpg?v=1763811443","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781595553959","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}