Mr. Book just finished His Excellency: George Washington, by Joseph Ellis.

Joseph Ellis is a well regarded historian of the Revolutionary era and is an excellent writer. I can always rely on him to provide insightful books and this was no exception. This biography of Washington covered all of the areas of his life. It made no effort to either whitewash or make apologies for his slave owning.

I give this book an A. Goodreads requires grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews, and Goodreads.

There is no way of knowing when Mr. Book originally read this one. It is down in my records as an original reading on “January 1, 1901”, when is my code for I had originally read it prior to me keeping track of this. But, we do know that he just finished rereading on August 11, 2024.