Edward G. Lengel

Edward G. Lengel is an American military historian and professor at the University of Virginia.

Lengel is the editor-in-chief of The Papers of George Washington documentary editing project in Charlottesville, Virginia.^[1][2] He is the author of General George Washington: A Military Life,^[3] which was a finalist for the 2006 George Washington Book Prize, and of Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth and Memory.^[4]

Works

• The Irish through British eyes: perceptions of Ireland in the Famine era, Greenwood, 2002, ISBN 978-0-275-97634-7
• World War I memories: an annotated bibliography of personal accounts published in English since 1919, Scarecrow, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8108-5008-8
• General George Washington: A Military Life, Random House, 2005, ISBN 978-1-4000-6081-8 (reprint Random House, Inc., 2008, ISBN 978-0-8129-6950-4)
• This Glorious Struggle: George Washington's Revolutionary War letters, Editor Edward G. Lengel, Smithsonian Books, 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-125131-3
• To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918, Macmillan, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8050-7931-9 (2nd edition Henry Holt and Co., 2009, ISBN 978-0-8050-8915-8)

References

1. http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=13088
2. "In His Own Hand: Editing the Papers of George Washington". Exhibits. The Papers of George Washington.
3. Berthel, Ron (16 July 2005). "New books profile first U.S. president -- and first first lady". Independent Record. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
4. Kenney, Michael (26 January 2011). "The many myths of George Washington". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

External links

• "Arrogance of War", The Paula Gordon Show
• "Professor Edward Lengel", Log Cabin Memorial - Veterans 314th Infantry Regiment A.E.F.
• "Meuse-Argonne, 1918: The Battle That Ended World War I", Virginia Historical Society
• Appearances on C-SPAN