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Sterling Point Books: George Washington: Frontier Colonel Paperback – August 28, 2006

3.8 out of 5 stars 7 customer reviews

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Product Details

  • Age Range: 12 and up
  • Grade Level: 7 and up
  • Lexile Measure: 1200L (What's this?)
  • Series: Sterling Point Books
  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Sterling; Trade Paperback Edition edition (August 28, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1402736118
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402736117
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,419,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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By Lynn Ellingwood VINE VOICE on October 17, 2008
Format: Paperback
This biography takes the reader from George Washington's birth past the French and Indian War when he takes his place as a legislator in the Virginia House of Burgesses. It is a quiet, interesting biography I was thrilled to read. I get a sense of George Washington as a man and a person, not just as a figurehead. George had no experience soldiering or as a leader when he became a colonel in the British Colonial Army. He has status and rank but that is about it. He fought the French and made the first move though provoked by the French who were spying on his troops. George was not the best lover in the world. He found it difficult to court and retain eligible girls for marriage. He was lucky in finding Martha who it seems suited him though it was originally a marriage of convienince on both sides. This book really was interesting and I quite enjoyed it.
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Format: Paperback
When I first received this book in the mail I was extremely annoyed. I thought I was receiving an adult book. The mistake was mine, for not reading the description carefully enough. However, since I had the book in hand, I decided to read it. After all, it was only 154 pages of large print text which promised to go quickly.

Upon beginning to read, I quickly discovered to my surprise that I was not put off by children's wording. I did not feel that I was reading a "dumb-down" biography. It simply read like a very condensed summary of the life of George Washington. Some stories are shortened and full information omitted, yet I found North's presentation interesting, informative and worth the time. Another observation: much of what is presented in adult level biographies will be found boring or irrelevant (in the minds of youth). This presentation acquaints young students with Mr. Washington without overloading them.

"Frontier Colonel" focuses on the very basics of who he was, what his early life was like, what he went through as a child and youth, up to the start of the American Revolution, then touches briefly on his marriage and final retirement and reputation.

"Frontier Colonel" fits in very nicely with another book I read following it, "His Excellency: George Washington". "Frontier Colonel" presents more of his youth, less of his years before 1776 and very little of the years up to his death. "His Excellency" presents very little about his childhood, more about the years just before the Revolution and much about his generalship, his presidency, and his retirement years.

I give a strong recommendation on Sterling North's presentation for both youth and for an adult supplement to full biographies.

Five stars: it does what it is designed to do, speak to youth, very well.

Note: This book WAS NOT in paperback. It was in hardback. This may be irrelevant, but just for the record....
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I thought that the book was boring but that's just me. Most people would probably say that this book was interesting. I thought it was a bunch of detailed facts. There is no talking in the book but there are a couple letters. I wouldn't recommend this for someone in grades 1-9. If you would like to know more about George Washington I think you would probably like this book.This book is about George Washington's life from when he was born, to when he became president. It tells about when he went with his sick brother to an island, he he was in the Virginia militia, and how he French in the french and Indian war. If you want to know more, read the book.
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