First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His and the Nation’s Prosperity.
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/11/18
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Using George Washington's extensive but often overlooked financial papers, Edward G. Lengel chronicles how this self-educated man built the Mount Vernon estate into a vast multi-layered enterprise; prudently managed meager resources to win the Revolutionary War; and, as President, helped establish the national economy on a solid footing. A book signing follows the program.
