First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- And the Nation's -- Prosperity by Lengel, Edward G.

First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- And the Nation's -- Prosperity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780306823473)

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First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- And the Nation's -- Prosperity by Lengel, Edward G.

First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- And the Nation's -- Prosperity

$37.00
First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- And the Nation's -- Prosperity by Lengel, Edward G.

First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His -- And the Nation's -- Prosperity

$37.00
Format: Hardcover
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The United States was conceived in business, founded on business, and operated as a business -- all because of the entrepreneurial mind of the greatest American businessman of any generation: George Washington.

Using Washington's extensive but often overlooked financial papers, Edward G. Lengel chronicles the fascinating and inspiring story of how this self-educated man built the Mount Vernon estate into a vast multilayered enterprise and prudently managed meager resources to win the war of independence. Later, as president, he helped establish the national economy on a solid footing and favorably positioned the nation for the Industrial Revolution. Washington's steadfast commitment to the core economic principles of probity, transparency, careful management, and calculated boldness are timeless lessons that should inspire and instruct investors even today.

First Entrepreneur will transform how ordinary Americans think about George Washington and how his success in commercial enterprise influenced and guided the emerging nation.

Author: Edward G. Lengel
ISBN-10: 0306823470
ISBN-13: 9780306823473
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2016
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2015
Library Journal 02/15/2016 pg. 118
Publishers Weekly 02/08/2016
By Edward G. Lengel
By Edward G. Lengel
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Edward G. Lengel is a military historian, battlefield tour guide, and travel enthusiast who has published award-winning books on World War I and the Revolutionary War, including To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918, and Thunder and Flames: Americans in the Crucible of Combat, 1917-1918. He has contributed articles for Military History, Military History Quarterly, American Heritage, and American History, and appears frequently on television and radio, including the History Channel, NPR, and other networks.

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