George Washington's Final Battle: The Epic Struggle to Build a Capital City and a Nation

George Washington's Final Battle tells the little-known story of how the country's first president tirelessly advocated for a capital on the shores of the Potomac. Although Washington died just months before the federal government's relocation, his vision and influence live on in the city that bears his name.

Author: Robert P. Watson
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 02/15/2021
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.50d
ISBN13: 9781626167841
ISBN10: 1626167842
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Colonial Period (1600-1775)
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- History | United States | Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)

About the Author

Robert P. Watson is a Distinguished Professor of American History at Lynn University and the author or editor of more than forty books, including The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: An Untold Story of the American Revolution, The Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II, and America's First Crisis: The War of 1812. He is a frequent media commentator and activist who has founded three nonprofit think tanks dedicated to civic education, political reform, and fact-checking political campaigns.