The History Book Club discussion

This is the Bibliography thread for the book - Washington, a Life by Ron Chernow.

Our members should peruse the list because they will find many excellent resources and books about George Washington, other founding fathers and/or about other important personages who lived during the same time period as George Washington.

by Ron Chernow

Books

A

by Herbert Baxter Adams (no photo)

by Joseph Addison

by Fred Anderson (no photo)

B

by Carrie Rebora Barratt (no photo)

by Katharine Schuyler Baxter (no photo)

by Scott Berg (no photo)

by John W. Blassingame (no photo)

by Fergus M. Bordewich

by Patricia Brady (no photo)

by Patricia Brady (no photo)

by Richard Brookhiser (no photo)

by Helen Bryan

by James MacGregor Burns

by Mary-Jo Kline (no photo)

by Andrew Burstein

C

TBA as well as all of the others that follow

D

by Robert F. Dalzell Jr. (no photo)

by Robert Darnton

by Decatur, Stephen; Lear, Tobias (no photo)

The above entry in Goodreads had some problems with the way the entry was made by one of the many Goodreads librarians

E

by Stanley Elkins

by Joseph J. Ellis

by Dorinda Evans (no photo)

F

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G

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H

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I

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J

by Thomas Jefferson

K

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L

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M

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N

by Craig Nelson (no photo)

O

No books listed in Bibliography by authors whose last name begins with O

P

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Q

No books listed in Bibliography by authors whose last name begins with Q

R

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S

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T

by Mary V. Thompson (no photo)

These publication(s) are not in Goodreads (author does have a link):

Thompson, Mary V. "Christmas at Mount Vernon," Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Annual Report 1990. Mount Vernon, VA: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1990, 24-30 by Mary V. Thompson (no photo)

Thompson, Mary V. Memorandum for the Martha Washington Anniversary Committee. Compiled for Mount Vernon Ladies Association between 7/31/2001 and 4/7/2008. Typescript at Mount Vernon Library and Statements Regarding the Physical Appearance, Traits and Personal Characteristics of George Washington (1732 - 1799) Compiled for Mount Vernon Ladies Association between 1/31/2005 and 2/5/2008. Typescript at Mount Vernon Library by Mary V. Thompson (no photo)

Mary V. Thompson
Mary Thompson has a B.A. in History, with a minor in Folklore, from Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and an M.A. in History from the University of Virginia, where her thesis dealt with the relationship between colonists and Native Americans in Georgia and the Carolinas in the mid-eighteenth century. She is currently the Research Historian at Mount Vernon, with a primary focus on everyday life on the estate, including domestic routines, foodways, religious practices, slavery, and the slave community. More recently, Mary authored the book In the Hands of a Good Providence: Religion in the Life of George Washington (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008), for which she received the 2009 Alexandria History Award from the Alexandria [Virginia] Historical Society. Mary is currently putting the finishing touches on a book focused on slave life at Mount Vernon.

Link on the Mount Vernon site to other publications for Mount Vernon by Mary V. Thompson: http://www.mountvernon.org/search/?q=...



(no image) The Autobiography of Colonel John Trumbull, Patriot-Artist, 1756-1843 by John Trumbull (no photo)

U

by Harlow Giles Unger (no photo)

by Harlow Giles Unger (no photo)

V

by Carl Van Doren

W

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X

No books listed in Bibliography by authors whose last name begins with X

Y

No books listed in Bibliography by authors whose last name begins with Y

Z

by Jean Zimmerman

Articles:

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A, B, D, E, J, N, U, T, V, Z completely added for books in Ron Chernow's bibliography

all by Richard Brookhiser