George Washington: There are now several good history and “Novels of History” out that show how important George Washington actually WAS to the American War for Independance. One of the actual “History” books is “1776”. The two volume Revolutionary War novel series by Jeff Sharra (Who also has done a great “Novel” series on the US Civil War {Gods & Generals & Last Full Measure}and the little known war with Mexico in “Gone For Soldiers”) follows characters such as Washington, Franklin, Greene, Cornwallis, Clinton and the Howe brothers from the battles of Lexington/Concord, Bunker Hill through the siege of Yorktown. Sam