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Abridgment copyright © 1968 by Charles Scribner’s Sons

Introduction by Michael Kammen copyright © 1992 by Macmillan
Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan, Inc.

Afterword by Dumas Malone copyright © 1954
by Charles Scribner’s Sons

Unabridged work entitled George Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman
published in seven volumes. Copyright 1948, 1951, 1952, 1954, © 1957
Charles Scribner’s Sons.
The seventh volume was written by Dr. Freeman’s research associates,
Mary Wells Ashworth and John Alexander Carroll.

The Afterword, “The Pen of Douglas Southall Freeman,” appeared in
slightly different form in volume VI of George Washington by Douglas
Southall Freeman.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Harwell, Richard Barksdale.
Washington: an abridgment in one volume by Richard Harwell of
the seven-volume George Washington by Douglas Southall Freeman/
with a new introduction by Michael Kammen; afterword by Dumas
Malone.–1st Collier Books ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Washington, George, 1732–1799. 2. Presidents–United States–
Biography. I. Freeman, Douglas Southall, 1886–1953. George Washington.
II. Title.
E312.H36 1992
9734'1'092–dc20                                 92-31779 CIP
[B]
ISBN: 0-684-82637-2
eISBN: 978-1-4391-0533-7