George Washington: A Biographical Companion

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This encyclopedia offers an A-Z retrospective of George Washington's life, career, and historical significance, based in large part on Washington's own words and those of his contemporaries. * Includes people who played a seminal role in Washington's life: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Hancock, Robert Dinwiddie, James Rumsey, and others * Explores Washington's many business interests: distillery, fisheries, Great Kanawha tracts, Mount Vernon, surveying

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"[A] well-written and highly accessible reference tool." - American Reference Books Annual "[I]n the only encyclopedic works devoted to these presidents entries for people, events, and concepts are presented in an accessible A-Z format. Authoritative...these attractive volumes would work for students at the high-school level and up." [Combined review of Andrew Johnson and James Polk in the Biographical Companions series] - Booklist

Author Bio

Frank E. Grizzard, Jr., is director of the Lee Family Digital Archive, an effort to create an online repository of the collected papers of the Lee Family, in Charlottesville, VA. His published works include ABC-CLIO's The Jamestown Colony.