General George Washington by Edward G. Lengel

In addition to First Entrepreneur, he is the author of General George Washington: A Military Life, which was a finalist for the 2006 George Washington Book Prize, and Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory. He is the director of the Washington Papers documentary editing project in Charlottesville, Virginia. Lengel is an American military historian and professor at the University of Virginia. Lengel provides a look at how George Washingtons entrepreneurship and understanding of money informed his leadership as a general and. Lengel: 9780812969504 : Books The most comprehensive and authoritative study of Washington’s military career ever written. Washington's steadfast commitment to the core economic principles of probity, transparency, careful management and calculated boldness are timeless lessons that should inspire and instruct investors even today.Įdward G. Much has been written in the past two centuries about George Washington the statesman and “father of his country.

Later, as president, he helped establish the national economy on a solid footing and favorably positioned the nation for the Industrial Revolution.

Lengel chronicles the fascinating and inspiring story of how this self-educated man built the Mount Vernon estate into a vast multi-layered enterprise and prudently managed meager resources to win the war of independence. The most comprehensive and authoritative study of Washington’s military career ever writte. He has authored or edited texts including General George Washington: A. Using Washington's extensive but often overlooked financial papers, Edward G. Lengel is the former chief historian of the White House Historical Association. Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. The United States was conceived in business, founded on business and operated as a business-all because of the entrepreneurial mind of the greatest American businessman of any generation: George Washington.

General George Washington by Edward G. Lengel