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1	Washington: The Indispensable Man more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist After more than two decades, this dramatic and concise single-volume distillation of James Thomas Flexner's definitive four-volume biography "George Washington," which received a Pulitzer Prize citation and a National Book Award for the fourth volume, has itself become an American classic. Now in a new trade paperback edition, this masterful work ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	George Washington and the New Nation, (1783-1793) more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $2.20! new only from $36.76! \| first editions \| SVS
3	John Singleton Copley. more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist A study of a late - 18th-century American painter, John Singleton Copley. It describes the development of his distinctive style, and also the personal growth of one who rose to critical acclaim and then sank to obscurity. The author has won awards for his previous biographical work. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $35.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	George Washington: The Forge of Experience 1732 - 1775 - Volume I more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist In "George Washington in the American Revolution (1775-1783)," we are witness to eight fateful years, as Washington lived them day by day and month by month. We see a Virginia officer catapulted - despite his obvious military limitations and his own protestations of inadequacy - into the command of an amateur army opposing an experienced European ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.45! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist An account of the "traitorous trio" who almost toppled the American nation at its birth. Benedict Arnold offered to sell his soldiers, with the key fortress of West Point, and to deliver to the enemy, dead or alive, George Washington. The plot promised to destroy the American battle of freedom. see all copies from $3.93! new only from $9.97! \| first editions
6	George Washington: Anguish and Farewell 1793-1799 - Volume IV more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist "George Washington: Anguish and Farewell" is the fourth and final volume of one of the most distinguished American biographies of our generation. Covering the tumultuous years of Washington's second term as President, his retirement, and his death, the book reveals the almost shattering pressures under which Washington struggled to maintain ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.54! \| first editions \| SVS
7	That Wilder Image: The Painting of America's Native School from Thomas Cole to Winslow Homer more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $96.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The world of Winslow Homer, 1836-1910 more books like this by James Thomas Flexner, Time-Life Books add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Young Hamilton more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist This character study explores the first 26 years of Alexander Hamilton's life, revealing how his early years shaped him into the statesman he was to become. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.97! \| first editions \| SVS
10	American Saga: The Story of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist This tale of two families is set on a grand scale, as James Thomas Flexner brings his talents to bear on his own noteworthy heritage. An American Saga is an historical narrative, grounded on documentary sources, which ends with the marriage of Helen Thomas and Simon Flexner. The account deals equally with the lives and the backgrounds of husband ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $41.17! \| first editions
11	Mohawk Baronet: A Biography of Sir William Johnson more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $13.27! new only from $38.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Gilbert Stuart; a great life in brief. more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $4.50! first editions \| SVS
13	Maverick's Progress: An Autobiography more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist This autobiography provides an insight into the life of James Thomas Flexner, a writer of biographies and studies of many well-known individuals, and details the influences of such friends as Bernard Berenson, Edward Hopper and Harry Hopkins. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
14	States Dyckman: American Loyalist more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist James Thomas Flexner has been a professional writer most of his adult life. After several year spent at the City desk at the New York Herald Tribune after graduating from Harvard University, Flexner went on to become one of Americaas foremost historians. He has written with great distinction in a unique style accessible to and enjoyed by the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.75! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Doctors on horseback; pioneers of American medicine more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist In this collection of biographies, Flexner combines curious medical lore with the interest of little-known facts of early American history. The scientists he profiles are not household names, but are well known to doctors: Morgan, who founded the first medical school in America and, fighting beside Washington, was ruined by the petty politics of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.76! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	William Henry Welch and the Heroic Age of American Medicine more books like this by Simon Flexner, James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist Welch won international fame as an authority on medical issues during American medicine's "heroic age", when medical training and practice underwent revolutionary change. This book was originally published in 1941, by which time Welch had set the standards in American medical education. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $31.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17	The Young Hamilton: A Biography more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $148.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18	America's Old Masters more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	History of American painting more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist Hudson River school to early 20th century. catlin, Bierstadt, Inness, many minor figures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20	George Washington in the American Revolution (1775-1783) more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! first editions
21	The Light of Distant Skies, 1760-1835 more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
22 view cover	History of American Painting, Volume II: The Light of Distant Skies by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist West, Copley, Stuart, Allston, Trumbull, Morse, and other painters of early 19th century. 103 illus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95!
23	The Face of Liberty: Founders of the United States more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	Washington: 2the Indispensable Man more books like this by James Thomas Flexner add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99!
25	Hudson River & Migh more books like this by James Thomas Flexner, Robert Glenn Ketchum add to wishlist see all copies from $2.05! signed copies \| first editions

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