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    The Permanent Resident: Excavations and Explorations of George Washington’s Life

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    The Permanent Resident: Excavations and Explorations of George Washington’s Life (Early American Histories) by Philip Levy - Copyright 2022 - ISBN:...

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    American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795

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    American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation 1765-1795, by Edward J. Larson - Copyright 2023 - ISBN 9780393882209 - Hardcover...

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    The Last King of America

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    The Last King of America - The Misunderstood Reign of George III by Andrew Roberts. ISBN 978-1984879264. Copyright 2021. Hardcover with 758 pages i...

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    George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

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    George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution – By Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger – Paperback – Copyright 2016 – I...

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    Spy Sites of Washington DC

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    Spy Sites of Washington, DC: A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History by Robert Wallace – Paperback – Copyright 2017 – ISBN 978-1626163768 Wa...

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    Washington's Spies

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    By Alexander Rose. ISBN 978-0-553-39259-3. Copyright 2006. Softcover with 369 pages including notes, bibliography, and index.   In the summer of 17...

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    Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom

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    "Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom" by Russell Shorto. ISBN 978-0-393-24554-7. Copyright 2018. Hardcover with 622 pages including notes,...

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    Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

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    To be featured in a Mount Vernon Book Talk and Lecture Series on May 24th, 2023. Click here for event details.   Rebels at Sea: Privateering in...

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    Hero of Two Worlds - The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

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    Hero of Two Worlds - The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan. ISBN 978-1-54173033-5. Copyright 2021. Hardcover 504 pages. ...

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    The First Conspiracy

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    The First Conspiracy - The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch. ISBN 978-1-250-13033-4. Hardcover with 413 pages....

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    Heirs of an Honored Name

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    This book was a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Prize. The George Washington Prize is one of the nations’ largest and most prestigious lite...

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    Women in George Washington's World

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    Women in George Washington's World  –  Edited by Charlene M. Boyer Lewis and George W. Boudreau. ISBN 9780813947440. Copyright 2022. Softcover 264 ...

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    The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America

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    The Howe Dynasty: The Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America by Julie Flavell - Copyright 2021 - ISBN 97...

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    Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

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    Feeding Washington's Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 by Ricardo A. Herrera  – Copyright 2022 – ISBN 9781469667317 – Hardcover. In t...

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    The Papers of Martha Washington

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    The Papers of Martha Washington by Martha Washington. Edited by Washington Papers Editors – Hardcover – 736 pages - Copyright 2022 – ISBN 978081394...

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    Women Heroes of American Revolution

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    Women Heroes of the American Revolution: 20 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Defiance, and Rescue (Women of Action) by Susan Casey – Paperback, 240 ...

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    Side by Side Declaration of Independence

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    The Side-by-Side Declaration of Independence by David Miles – Hardcover – Copyright 2021 – ISBN 978-1638190486 "An absolute necessity for anyone ...

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    Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War

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    Spies, Patriots, and Traitors: American Intelligence in the Revolutionary War by Kenneth A. Daigler. ISBN: 978-1626162587. Copyright 2015. Paperbac...

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    Rescuing the Declaration of Independence

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    Rescuing the Declaration of Independence: How We Almost Lost the Words That Built America by Anna Crowley Redding – Paperback – Copyright 2021 – IS...

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    Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery

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    Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery by Bruce A. Ragsdale – Copyright 2021 – ISBN 9780674246386 – Hardcover. W...

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    Perfecting the Union

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    Perfecting the Union: National and State Authority in the US Constitution by Max M. Edling - Copyright 2021 - Hardcover - ISBN 978-0197534717 This...

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    Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution

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    "Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution" By Gordon S. Wood ISBN-13: 978-0197546918 Copyright 2021. Softcover. 240 pages.  ...

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    George Washington and the Irish

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    George Washington and the Irish: Incredible Stories of the Irish Spies, Soldiers, and Workers Who Helped Free America by Niall O'Dowd – Hardcover...

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    George Washington's Hair: How Early Americans Remembered the Founders

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    George Washington's Hair: How Early Americans Remembered the Founders by Keith Beutler. Hardcover. Copyright 2021. ISBN: 9780813946504. Signed Fi...

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    World of Trouble

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    This book was a finalist for the 2020 George Washington Prize. The George Washington Prize is one of the nations’ largest and most prestigious lite...

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    Young Washington

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    “Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father” by Peter Stark. ISBN 978-0-06-241606-3. Copyright 2018. Hardcover with ...

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    Slavery at the Home of George Washington

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    Edited by Philip J. Schwarz. ISBN 0-931917. Copyright 2001. Softcover with 182 pages including 53 black and white illustrations.     George Washing...

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    Never Caught: Ona Judge

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    "Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge" by Erica Armstrong Dunbar. ISBN 9781501126413. Copyright 2017...

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    Stewards of Memory

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    The Past, Present, and Future of Historic Preservation at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Carol Borchert Cadou, Editor. Luke J. Pecoraro, Thomas ...

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    Revolutionary Mothers

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    Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence. By Carol Berkin. ISBN 978-1-4000-7532-4. Copyright 2005. Softcover with 19...

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    A Bloodless Victory

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    A Bloodless Victory: The Battle of New Orleans in History and Memory by Joseph F. Stoltz III, historian at the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study ...

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    The Founding Fathers Quotes, Quips, and Speeches

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    Edited by Gordon Leidner. ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-8009-2. Copyright 2013 Hardcover with 155 pages including endnotes. This little volume is filled with...

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    Revolution: Mapping the Road to Independence

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    By Richard Brown and Paul E. Cohen. ISBN 978-0-393-060324. Hardbound with 150 pages including the index and great map illustrations. The spectacula...

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    Mount Vernon, Official Guidebook

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    The Mount Vernon Official Guidebook contains 208 pages filled with beautiful color photography of George Washington's Mount Vernon bound in a sturd...

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    George Washington's Liberty Key

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    "George Washington's Liberty Key: Mount Vernon's Bastille Key: the Mystery and Magic of Its Body, Mind, and Soul" by William J. Bahr. ISBN: 9781537...

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    Alexander Hamilton

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    By Ron Chernow. ISBN 978-0-14-303475-9. Copyright 2004. Softcover with 818 pages including notes, bibliography, and index. Winner of the 2005 Georg...

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    The General in the Garden

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    Edited by Susan P. Schoelwer, Senior Curator at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Foreword by Andrea Wulf. ISBN-13: 978-0931917486. Hardcover with ...

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    Selected Works of Alexander Hamilton

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    Canterbury Classics Edition. ISBN: 9781684122912.  Copyright 2018. Pliable leather-like cover with tooled titles and 331 pages. Alexander Hamilton ...

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    U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings

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    Canterbury Classics Edition. ISBN: 978-1-62686-393-4. Copyright 2015. Pliable leather-like cover with tooled titles and 434 pages. This collection ...

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    Common Sense and Selected Works of Thomas Paine

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    Common Sense and Selected Works of Thomas Paine, 1776, replica edition. ISBN 978-1-62686-097-1. Copyright 2014. Pliable leather-like cover with too...

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    Constitution of the United States Pocket Edition

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    The Constitution of the United States of America. ISBN 978-1-55709-105-5. Pocket sized hardcover edition with 30 pages. The National Archives and ...

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    Stuff Every American Should Know

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    A pocket-sized gift book packed with patriotic facts for all Americans and history buffs alike. Copyright 2012. Leatherette cover book measuring 3-...

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    George Washington's Farewell Address

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    “George Washington’s Farewell Address” ISBN 978-1-55709-454-4. Copyright 1999. Pocket-sized hardcover edition with 34 pages.  On September 19, 1796...

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    Signers of the U.S. Constitution

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    “The Signers of the Constitution of The United States of America.” ISBN 978-1-4290-9532-7. Copyright 2020. Pocket-sized hardcover edition with 37 p...

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    George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation

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    Pocket-sized hardcover with 30 pages including cover page and epilogue. Copyright 2019 Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union and Applewood ...

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    Female Genius

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    Female Genius: Eliza Harriot and George Washington at the Dawn of the Constitution by Mary Sarah Bilder – Hardcover – Copyright 2022 – ISBN 97808...

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    Acts of Congress 1789: Special Edition

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    George Washington's copy of The Acts of Congress 1789 was acquired by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association on June 22, 2012, for the Fred W. Smith ...

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    Virginia in Maps

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    Edited by Richard W. Stephenson and Marianne M. McKee. ISBN 978-0-88490-191-2. Copyright 2000. Hardcover with 337 pages. Large size: 15" x 11". Inc...

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