American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington

AMERICAN PATRIARCH documents how extraordinary and essential George Washington was - and is. This masterly volume describes how our first president persevered through a shocking series of failures and setbacks and remained unmatched through peace and war. This is the one Washington biography to read in this 250th anniversary year.

THIS COPY will be hand signed by H.W. Brands on a page bound into the book.  It is a new, unread, unopened first edition, and comes with a certificate authenticating the signature. Published in May, 2026 by Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

H.W. BRANDS is one of the nation's greatest historians.Thank you H.W. Brands for signing our books.