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>> coming up next, book tv presents "after words" an hour-long program where we invent guest hosts to interview authors. this week edward lengel on "inventing george washington." he discusses the beliefs about the nation's first president and divided facts and fax. facts and fiction. he talks with peter henriques. >> host: hi, ed, this is a real pleasure for me to have this chance to have a conversation with you. i don't know how many years ago it was that you were one of my students when i was a professor at george mason. >> guest: about 25 years. >> host: has it been 25 years? that...

washington thought and what type of man he was, i became fascinated about all the stories that surrounded him, all the legends. at the washington paper we get so many queries from the people and the general public. many of them are interesting and serious queries about what washington did or who he was but we get the occasional whacky email or whacky phone call or piece of correspondence that asks about whether -- for example, somebody asked me did washington really die on an engineering expedition in russia. or another question, did washington really say this? did washington really ...

the other aspect of the war in the south was a more conventional war as congress would send a southern continental army into contest the british. they didn't always do very well. the first th three continental army's sent to the south were defeated, including a defeat that very few americans even remember any longer, the surrender of charleston, more than 7,000 americans were killed, wounded or captured during that siege. but finally, at the end of 1780, general nathaniel greene was named the commander of the continental army in the south. in fact, at that point, after the battle of ...