George Washington's Mount Vernon; At Home in Revolutionary America

Robert F. Dalzell, Jr., Lee Baldwin Dalzell

ISBN 10: 0195121147 / ISBN 13: 9780195121148

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1998

About this Item

Oxford University Press, New York. 1998. First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine. Yellow boards with green overlay on spine with bright gold lettering on spine. Pictorial end papers. 300 pp. This book brings together for the first the details of George Washington's 45-year-long campaign to build and perfect Mount Vernon. In doing so it introduces the reader to a Washington few of his contemporaries knew and one little noted by historians since. This book showcases Washington an original American architect, whose designing, building, and rebuilding Mount Vernon provides unexpected insights into Washington. A clean pristine edition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: George Washington's Mount Vernon; At Home in Revolutionary America
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195121147
• ISBN 13: 9780195121148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biographies
  • U.S. History/ Politics/ Presidental Matters
  • Regional Histories

About this title

Synopsis

George Washington knew little of architecture when he planned and built Mount Vernon, but he did know what he wanted in a home. This unique and lucidly written book is the intimate story of the relationship between Mount Vernon, George Washington, and all the people involved in creating what has become one of America's greatest landmarks.

About the Author

Robert F. Dalzell, Jr. is Ephraim Williams Professor of American History at Williams College and the author of Enterprising Elite: The Boston Associates and the World They Made and Daniel Webster and the Trial of American Nationalism, 1843-1852. Lee Baldwin Dalzell is the Head of The Reference Department of the Williams College Library.