First among men : George Washington and the myth of American masculinity
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The first, definitive recasting of George Washington in the context of eighteenth-century practices and ideals of masculinity. It answers the fundamental question that no biography has ever asked in such a direct way: What do we know, really, about Washington as an actual eighteenth-century Virginia upper-class male?"--,Provided by publisher.