“[He] washed his hands with the brains.”  Private John Shaw This is the story of a 22-year-old George Washington as commander of a 400-man army fighting the French. We’ll also hear about his childhood, the deaths, backcountry experience, and finagling, that bring George—who’s untrained, inexperienced, too young, and completely outgunned—to this moment. He fails. Miserably. But not without triggering a war between France and Britain that will change the American colonies’ relationship to the British Crown forever. NB: This second edition of Episode One contains approximately 20 minutes of additional facts stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices