Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.Sample Book Insights: #1 When George’s brother, Lawrence, died of tuberculosis, he left him two small parcels of land. But for George, now twenty years old, gaining a few parcels of land did not begin to fill the void left by the loss of his brother.#2 George Washington, the young man from Virginia, is now on the road to fulfill a destiny greater than he could ever imagine. Nothing will stop him, not even the fear of death itself.#3 The Second Continental Congress was convened to discuss the possibility of war with England. The mood in the city was charged with anticipation and fear, as the world was about to change.#4 The meeting of the American colonies in the First Continental Congress was a major accomplishment. It was a challenge to the powerful royal family in England, as well as to centuries of vested power and authority everywhere.