![]() ![]() And because George's father died when George was 11, there was an expectation that he was going to function as a kind of surrogate father. CHERNOW: Second wife and George was the eldest child of the second marriage. Now, tell us a little bit about Mary Ball. But he then dies leaving George, as you know, to the tender mercies of his mother, Mary Ball Washington. He owned quite a number of iron ore properties in the Fredericksburg area. We know a fair amount about his business life. CHERNOW: We know relatively little about him because he dies when George is 11. HANSEN: His father, Augustine, or he was called Gus. You know, any biographer George Washington starts by hacking his way with a machete through an entire jungle of myths and misconceptions, starting with the cherry tree and the wooden teeth and it goes on and on. RON CHERNOW (Author, "Washington: A Life"): Thank you, Liane. Ron Chernow has just published an extensive biography of the father of our country called "Washington: A Life." And he joins us from our New York bureau. He did not, however, chop down a cherry tree in his youth - that's a myth. His face is on the one dollar bill and his portraits hang in schools and museums. You know that George Washington was America's first president and a battle-winning general in the Revolutionary War. ![]()
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