Excerpt from Famous American for Young Readers There have been so many stories written about The Father of His Country, that a word of explanation, if not of excuse, seems necessary in presenting this additional book. Our reason is threefold. No series of Fa mous Americans for Young Readers would be complete without the story Of this foremost American. Washington logically heads the list. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.