| Book Reviews | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 132.1

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Blooding at Great Meadows: Young George Washington and the Battle that Shaped the Man. By Alan Axelrod. (Philadelphia: Running Press, 2007. 270 pp. Notes, index. $22.95.)
The 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War has stimulated a number of scholars to revisit that struggle that led directly to the American Revolution and was an important learning experience for the nation's greatest hero, George Washington. Alan Axelrod's volume focuses on this latter point, arguing that Washington's strengths as a diplomat, soldier, and political leader were very much shaped by the challenges he confronted on the Pennsylvania frontier in 1753 and 1754, culminating in his defeat at Fort Necessity.	1
Drawing his information largely from Washington's papers, Axelrod revisits the familiar story of Washington's youth, his dependence on his half-brother, Lawrence, and his alliances with the Fairfax family and Virginia's lieutenant governor, Robert Dinwiddie. He portrays Washington as a very ambitious young man who went to great lengths to promote his own interests	. . .

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