You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington — How Founders Become Myths
How does a historical person become a national monument—and what gets lost along the way?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington by Alexis Coe as our lens, this investigation examines the systems through which Washington’s complicated life became one of America’s most durable national stories.
Coe revisits familiar myths, neglected evidence, earlier biographical interpretations, Washington’s relationships, his failures and ambitions, his reliance on enslaved labor, and his intense…
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