Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, As You've Never Seen Him
Written by Glenn Beck
Narrated by Ron McLarty
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About this audiobook
IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW GEORGE WASHINGTON, THINK AGAIN.
This is the amazing true story of a real-life superhero who wore no cape and possessed no special powers—yet changed the world forever.
His life reads as if it were torn from the pages of an action novel: Bullet holes through his clothing. Horses shot out from under him. Unimaginable hardship. Disease. Spies and double-agents. And while we celebrate his great heroism and character, we discover he was also a flawed man. It’s those flaws that should give us hope for today. Understanding the very human way he turned himself from an uneducated farmer into the Indispensable (yet imperfect) Man is the only way to build a new generation of George Washingtons who can take on the extraordinary challenges that America is once again facing.
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck, the nationally syndicated radio host and founder of TheBlaze television network, has written thirteen #1 bestselling books and is one of the few authors in history to have had #1 national bestsellers in the fiction, nonfiction, self-help, and children’s picture book genres. His recent fiction works include the thrillers Agenda 21, The Overton Window, and its sequel, The Eye of Moloch; his many nonfiction titles include The Great Reset, Conform, Miracles and Massacres, Control, and Being George Washington. For more information about Glenn Beck, his books, and TheBlaze television network, visit GlennBeck.com and TheBlaze.com.
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Reviews for Being George Washington
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Should be mandatory reading for all Americans.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good read. A lot of insight on George Washington. It kind of skips around in its timeline, so it's hard to follow at times, but worth it.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoyed this book over all, though I would have liked to have known more about his early life. I felt it tried to tell me how I should feel about the man rather than let his life speak for itself.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Purports to allow the reader to meet a more human George Washington, minus the heroic trappings. I've seen it done a lot better elsewhere and with less preachiness.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The disjointed time chronology drove me a little nuts, but the book is worth reading for the historical information on George Washington.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Being George Washington by Glenn Beck is an account of George Washington’s life. It doesn’t focus that much on the events of his life but more on the character traits he possessed and lived by all his life. Glenn Beck focuses on Washington’s honor, trust, integrity, decisiveness, wisdom, and self-sacrifice. Beck then uses these traits to compare them to the common American citizen today. Beck wants everyone to “be a George Washington” because of the character traits he displayed to the people around him. He also had a great love for the United States and sacrificed almost his entire life to serve it. Beck admires George Washington and challenges every American to be like George Washington.The cover design is great because Glenn Beck is on the front of it. By putting himself on the front, he is telling all of his readers that he is trying to be more like George Washington every day. I think it holds Beck accountable to the values that he writes about in the book.Every American should read this book. Not only is it a great historical account about the Revolutionary War, but it also talks about the character and values that got the great country of the United States started. If every American possessed these values, the United States would be prospering.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I understand Mr. Beck wished to write a textbook the way he thinks they should be written. If they were done in this fashion, I may have read more in school... and possibly remembered more! Think of a textbook, real events as well as trails-and-tribulations, presented with the flair of a historical fiction novel. It is easy to discern from the author's idea of how daily events transpired from the actual facts behind General Washington's actions. Replete with boxes to provide readers with Glenn Beck's admonishments and juxtapositions with today, Being George Washington provides a riveting, selective biographical look at the Indispensable Man. This book is also meant to be a blueprint for modern Americans how to be as great as George Washington.