Author's Note
1. Matchless: The Leadership of George Washington
2. "Complicated, Very Complicated": George Washington’s Controversial Relationship with His Mother, Mary Ball Washington
3. "I Cannot Tell a Lie": Myths about George Washington That Should Be Discarded
4. "Unfortunate": The Asgill Affair and George Washington’s Self-Created Dilemma
5. Fractured Friendships: George Washington Breaks with Five Famous Virginians
6. Lives of Their Own: A Closer Look at Some of George Washington’s Enslaved Workers
7. A Sad Postscript to a Remarkable Public Career: George Washington and the Quasi-War with France
8. What Made George Washington Tick
Appendix: The Wisdom of George Washington—A Sampling of Quotations
Acknowledgments
Bibliographical Essay
Notes
Index