George Washington Manners and Character for Youth

This book contains the rules for manners copied as a penmanship exercise by a teenage George Washington with a translation and comments in modern English for today’s youth and young adults. These 'Rules of Civility' are more than just suggestions for good manners. Washington took them to heart and used their value of consideration for others as a foundation for the remainder of his life. This book also reveals the remarkable character of this 'First of Americans' and demonstrates to readers the courage, selflessness, honesty and virtue of our First President. They will marvel at his foresight, and read his advice to future Americans on maintaining the freedoms given to them as an inheritance by America's first generation. Most of all, readers will appreciate Washington's example which sets a higher bar for all people to strive for in their own personal lives and in service to their country.