Title: Mary Ball Washington Pdf The Untold Story of George Washington's Mother
Craig Shirley is the author of Reagan Rising, Rendezvous with Destiny, Reagan’s Revolution, Last Act and the New York Times bestseller December 1941. He is a regular commentator throughout the media and a contributor to national publications, and was hailed by the London Telegraph as “the best of the Reagan biographers.” He is the Visiting Reagan Scholar at Eureka College, Reagan’s alma mater, and lectures often at the Reagan Library and the Reagan Ranch. He and his wife, Zorine, divide their time between Ben Lomond, a three-hundred-year-old Georgian manor house in Essex County, Virginia, and Trickle Down Point on the Rappahannock River in Lancaster, Virginia. They are the parents of four children, Matthew, Andrew, Taylor, and Mitchell.
The Mother of the Father of our Country.
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.
Stubborn, aristocratic Mary Ball Washington was entrenched in the Old World ways of her ancestors, dismissing the American experiment even as her son led the successful rebellion against the crown. During his youth, ambitious George dove into the hard-scrabble work of a surveyor and rose through the ranks of the fledgling colonial army, even as his overprotective mother tried to discourage these efforts.
Mary’s influence on George was twofold. Though she raised her eldest son to become one of the world’s greatest leaders, Mary 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. But it was this resistance itself which fanned the spark of George’s independence into a flame. The constant tug of war between the two throughout the early years helped define George’s character.
In Mary Ball Washington, 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 singlehandedly 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 this extraordinary figure who would shape our nation—and the woman who shaped him.
Very insightful, well researched and well written. As mothers normally do, Mary Ball Washington had a great deal of influence on her son George. I learned a lot about the woman that raised the first President and founding father of our nation. I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy American history.Craig Shirley did it again ... another must read Shirley is one of America's treasured historians, scholars, speakers and authors, and with this book, "Mary Ball Washington: The Untold Story," he's only added yet another underscore to that "treasured" title. The best thing about reading Shirley is that he puts you right in the room with the subject he's describing. He doesn't just describe; he transports. And all along the journey, you're treated to interesting details and tidbits and factoids that aren't just useful in grasping at contextual straws -- but also darn fun. Want to know the significance of the "macaroni" in Yankee Doodle's hat? It's in "Mary Ball Washington." Oddly enough -- delightfully enough -- it's in "Mary Bell Washington." So, too, all the untold, unreported, underreported and outright skewed insights of the life of the mother of this nation's most important, most beloved president. Top notch research; top notch story-telling: Shirley, as with his other books, has done it again.Fascinating Look at American History A keen and insightful look at the influence a mother has on a son, and how that influence can shape a nation. Beautifully written. A must read for American History lovers.!
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