The author took into account the time in which Washington lived and did not pass judgment on him for today’s moral standards. He was fair in his portrayal of the good and the bad. He was able to show growth of Washington from his overly ambitious youth to his ability to use caution via his experience with age.
Best of all, as a Native American myself, it was surprisingly refreshing to hear my ancestors names spoke in their tongue and tied to their “Christian’ names. Genealogies and other historical writings often only use the Christian names after the mid-1700’s. Both families and history has forgotten who the Native Americans were that help formed this Nation.