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The Rules Of Civility (1997)

by Richard Brookhiser(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0684837234 (ISBN13: 9780684837239)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Free Press

review 1: Fascinating story, great character development...could barely put it down. The original premise, however, was hard to swallow. After living in New York City as a single career girl for many years, I spent hundreds of nights out with a girlfriend and (considering myself a fairly attractive woman), never did I sit down next to a single man, whose 'brother' never shows up, and he is rich, handsome, single and takes my friend and myself for a night on the town and many after : ) Just saying' But truly loved the book!!The underlying list of rules for a polite society that were originally written by George Washington as a teenager should be the core curriculum of every elementary school child in America! (and the world!)
review 2: In his youth, George Washington ... morecopied over 100 popular maxims to help guide his behavior. While not necessarily covering the moral aspect of life, they do provide insight into the traits that Washington, along with other genteel folk of the period, thought were important in an individual.Brookhiser does not an excellent job annotating the original text and occasionally points out areas where Washington's behavior fell short of the standard. This helps the reader have a look at Washington the man, as opposed to the monument we are presented with so often. less

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