作者：RonChernow
出版社：PenguinPressHC,The
副标题：ALife
出版年：2010-10-5
页数：904
定价：USD40.00
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781594202667
内容简介
······
In his introduction, veteran biographer Chernow is clear about his goals. Using the recent "explosion of research," he wants to render George Washington "real" and "credible," to replace "frosty respect" with "visceral appreciation." In many respects, Chernow succeeds. He gives us a Washington who starts with limited education and means and, through a remarkable combination of timely deaths, an incredible capacity for hard work, a shrewd marriage, astonishing physical hardiness and courage, a propensity for land speculation, and a gift for finding influential patrons, transforms himself into a soldier, well-to-do planter, local official, and eventually the only real choice to command the Continental army, preside over the Constitutional Convention, and serve as the first president. Chernow makes familiar scenes fresh (like the crossing of the Delaware) and expertly brings the provisional revolutionary and early Republican eras to life. Along the way, however, he mistakes "visceral" for ardent; while he never hides Washington's less than saintly moments or shirks the vexed question of slavery, he often seems to ignore the data he's collected. Examples of shady dealing are quickly followed by tales of Washington's unimpeachable ethics or impeccable political savvy. At times it feels as if Chernow, for all his careful research and talent for synthesis, is in the grip of a full-scale crush. The result is a good book that would have been great if better edited, and if Chernow had trusted that Washington's many merits, even when accompanied by his faults, would speak for themselves.
作者简介
······
Ron Chernow won the National Book Award in 1990 for his first book, The House of Morgan, and his second book, The Warburgs, won the Eccles Prize as the Best Business Book of 1993. His biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Titan, was a national bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.
Ron Chernow won the National Book Award in 1990 for his first book, The House of Morgan, and his second book, The Warburgs, won the Eccles Prize as the Best Business Book of 1993. His biography of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., Titan, was a national bestseller and a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist.
评论 ······
20200917 此作是对华盛顿生平细节之全方位刻画，如词典。读罢自然是对“完人”拜服。批判华盛顿蓄奴亦恰到好处，可谓不虚美，不隐恶。此书900多页，而政治人物之传记篇幅其实可以大大压缩。更合宜的方式是以毒辣眼光筛选出人物的重大战略抉择，刻画并评估之。本书在这一点上则稍显动情，主次不凸显，对要害的分析不足，更多需要自己领悟。
读了一年多，主要生词太多，传记非常详细和公正，美国国父一生丰功伟绩，建立了现在最强大的国家的雏形，从战争获胜到国家政体，经济，教育等等，只是好像自己的庄园生意和家庭并不如人意，还有就是对奴隶制的废除睁一只眼闭一只眼。
Here comes the general! The moment you've been waiting for! The pride of Mount Vernon! George Washington!
很有趣。基于大量研究成书，读来又没有学究气。人物个性鲜明，又能帮助读者理解很多历史事件，展现一种版本的“真相”。值得一读。
评论前必须登录！
注册