George Washington, Entrepreneur by John Berlau

It is sure to delight readers of presidential biography and business history. Mount Vernon was also home to a distillery and became one of the largest American whiskey producers of the era.īerlau's portrait of Washington, drawn in large part from his journals and extensive correspondence, presents a side of him we haven't seen before. Washington'-one of the very first branded food products. His state-of-the-art mill produced flour which he exported to Europe in sacks stamped 'G. John Berlau is an award-winning journalist, recipient of the National Press Clubs Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism. Unlike his Virginia neighbors who remained wedded to tobacco, Washington planted seven types of wheat.

On his estate, he grew countless varieties of trees and built a greenhouse full of exotic fruits, herbs, and plants. He was the first to breed horses with donkeys to produce the American mule. His library was filled with books on agriculture, history, and philosophy.

But he was a patron of inventors and inveterate tinkerer, and just as intelligent as Jefferson or Franklin. History has depicted Washington as a gifted general and political pragmatist, not an intellectual heavyweight. This item: George Washington, Entrepreneur: How Our Founding Father's Private Business Pursuits Changed America and the World by John Berlau Hardcover 13.20 First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His - and the Nation's - Prosperity by Edward G. In 2002, he received the Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism from Washington’s National Press Club. He served as Washington correspondent for Investor’s Business Daily and as a staff writer for Insight magazine, published by The Washington Times. In George Washington, Entrepreneur, John Berlau presents a fresh, surprising take on our forefather's business pursuits. Berlau is an award-winning financial and political journalist. George Washington: general, statesman.businessman? Most people don't know that Washington was one of the country's first true entrepreneurs, responsible for innovations in several industries. A business biography of George Washington, focusing on his many innovations and inventions.

George Washington, Entrepreneur by John Berlau