Washington, the Young Leader

Year of Publication
1923
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
144 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: George William Gerwig
Publisher
Charles Scribner’s Sons
City
New York, Chicago, and Boston
Genre
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Abstract
A novelized partial biography of George Washington.
Author Biography
George William Gerwig (1867-1950), born in Paris, France to Pittsburgh parents, attended the University of Nebraska and earned his Ph.D. from the Western University of Pennsylvania (now the University of Pittsburgh). The longtime secretary of the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education, Gerwig reportedly bid his college friend, Willa Cather, to come to Pittsburgh to teach English at Allegheny High School.
Time
1732-58
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