Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother by Craig Shirley
Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother by Craig Shirley
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Mary Ball Washington was an unlikely candidate to be the mother of history's most famous revolutionary. In fact, George Washington's first fight for independence was from his controlling, singular mother. The stubborn, aristocratic Mary Ball Washington was entrenched in the Old World ways of her ancestors, dismissing the American experiment even as her son led a successful rebellion against the Crown.
During his youth, the ambitious George dove into the hard-scrabble work of a surveyor and rose through the ranks of the fledgling colonial army, despite his overprotective mother discouraging these efforts. Mary's influence on George was twofold: Though she raised her eldest son to become one of the world's greatest leaders, she also tried many times to hold him back. While she passed down her strength and individuality to George, she also sought to protect him from the risks he needed to take to become a daring general and president. It was George's resistance to this control and the constant tug of war between the two that fanned the spark of his independence into a flame.
In Mary Ball Washington, the New York Times bestselling author Craig Shirley uncovers startling details about the inner workings of the Washington family. He vividly brings to life a resilient widow who single-handedly raised six children and ran a large farm at a time when most women's duties were relegated to household matters. Throughout, Shirley compares and contrasts mother and son, illuminating the qualities they shared and the differences that divided them.
A significant contribution to American history, Mary Ball Washington is the definitive take on the relationship between George and Mary Washington, offering fresh insight into the extraordinary figure who would shape our nation -- and the woman who shaped him.
HarperCollins, Hardcover, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, 2019
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