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George Washington: Anguish and Farewell, 1793–1799

James Thomas Flexner

History has blinded us to the all-too-human character of George Washington; in doing so, it has blinded us to the true nature of his greatness. We have urgent need to know this man we call the Father of Our Country. And now, at last, James Thomas Flexner has given us the biography that fully meets our need.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyPresidential BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryAmerican Civil War

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for BiographyMajor1973WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • George Washington92%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    History has obscured George Washington’s all-too-human character, and by doing so, it obscures the true nature of his greatness.

    Model confidence 58%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 64%.