George Washington, Frontiersman

by Zane Grey and Carlton Jackson

Book Overview

In this thrilling novel, Zane Grey chose for the central character of this culminating work the father of our country, George Washington, as a young man on the frontier. Grey presents the drama of the life of young Washington: from his birth to his early surveying trips into the Ohio River Valley and the Shenandoah, to his role in General Braddock's disastrous campaign to wrest Fort Duquesne from the French, to his taking command of the Continental...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812579232
• ISBN13: 9780812579239
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

The Father of Our Country

In this the "last" novel by the greatest of the Western authors, Zane Grey pay homage to the area of the country which began his long career as a writer--the Ohio River Valley, which includes Pennsyvania, Kentucky, Ohio and all of the "border" country arround the Allegany Mountains. Yes, this book has all of the historical data in all of its correctness, and yes, at times the book is slow because of this; but who is to say that this book is not one a person should not own to complete a collection of Zane Grey's works? Indeed, 50 plus years had elapsed between creation and publication, and maybe there is some doubt as to who really penned some of the words--ZG or an editor--but that happens with every book published. George Washington, Frontiersman is a well-crafted book, with real historical characters, acting out in real situations what happened in the years just prior to the American Revolution, and if you want to know the historical George Washington that is rarely, if ever, told in history classes, you need to get this book and read it.

George Washington, Frontiersman

Very interesting book. It gave a different perspective of George Washington. Different from Zane Grey's other novels, but I liked it.