Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations

by John Avlon and John P. Avlon

Book Overview

"A vivid portrait...A thoughtful consideration of Washington's wisdom that couldn't be timelier." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) George Washington's Farewell Address was a prophetic letter from a "parting friend" to his fellow citizens about the forces he feared could destroy our democracy: hyper-partisanship, excessive debt, and foreign wars. Once celebrated as civic scripture, more widely reprinted than the Declaration of Independence, the Farewell...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 147674646X
• ISBN13: 9781476746463
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.1"