Download or read book George Washington and the New Nation: 1783-1793 - written by James Thomas Flexner and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 1970-10-30 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins with Washington's return to Mount Vernon, a victorious, but exhausted soldier eagerly seeking the pleasures of a quiet country life. Free of heavy responsibilities, his character expands in genial, often unexpected ways. All too soon, however, the idyll is broken. This promises to be the biography of Washington that will best serve our generation.