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	George Washington: The Man Behind the Myths  William M.S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton Two hundred years after George Washington's death, the eloquence of "Lighthorse Harry" Lee's words "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen" has caused most Americans to forget the clause that followed in which Lee located Washington's character firmly in his private life. This book redresses this historical imbalance in our image of Washington by examining our conceptions and misconceptions about him through a fascinating collection of documents and images. Faculty/Staff and Alumni Discount applies. ISBN #W457 $24.95
	Dining With the Washingtons  Walter Scheib Dining with the Washingtons is a lushly illustrated and well-researched compendium of historical essays and recipes-just the sort of definitive work I would expect from those who safeguard Mount Vernon. What I didn't expect, as I turned the pages, was that these words and images would accrue to yield such an intimate portrait of eighteenth-century American life. Here I learned, for instance, that George Washington preferred breakfasts of hoecakes, smeared with butter and honey, and that Martha Washington was partial to globe artichokes. By telling stories about what and how the Washington family ate and the ways they entertained, the scholars at Mount Vernon and culinary historian Nancy Carter Crump have sketched a compelling portrait of nascent American culinary identity.     --John T. Edge ISBN #W2315 $35.00
	General Washington's Christmas Farewell  Stanley Weintraub In this charming historical novel, Stanley Weintraub sets forth the tale of one of George Washington's most memorable Christmases. Some British troops remained in America in 1783, on orders to stay until ratification of the peace terms. Awaiting that word, George Washington longed to go home for Christmas, but late in November of 1783, the General was still many miles from home. Before he could return to Mount Vernon, he had one last mission to accomplish for the new nation. He had to reoccupy New York City, which the British troops were finally going to leave. Then the long war would really be over. Faculty/Staff and Alumni Discount applies. ISBN #W450 $16.95
	Washington: A Life  Ron Chernow In "Washington: A Life," celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of Washington, this crisply placed narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. Despite the reverence his name inspires, Washington remains a lifeless waxwork for many Americans, worthy but dull. In this groundbreaking work, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man. Hardback. Faculty/Staff and Alumni Discount applies. ISBN #W316 $40.00
	Where the Cherry Tree Grew  Philip Levy In 2002, Philip Levy arrived on the banks of Rappahannock River in Virginia to begin an archeological excavation of Ferry Farm, the eight hundred acre plot of land that George Washington called home from age six until early adulthood. Six years later, Levy and his team announced their remarkable findings to the world: They had found more than Washington family objects like wig curlers, wine bottles and a tea set. They found objects that told deeper stories about family life: a pipe with Masonic markings, a carefully placed set of oyster shells suggesting that someone in the household was practicing folk magic. More importantly, they had identified Washington’s home itself—a modest structure in line with lower gentry taste that was neither as grand as some had believed nor as rustic as nineteenth century art depicted it. Levy now tells the farm's story in Where the Cherry Tree Grew. The land, a farmstead before Washington lived there, gave him an education in the fragility of life as death came to Ferry Farm repeatedly. Levy then chronicles the farm's role as a Civil War battleground, the heated later battles over its preservation and, finally, an unsuccessful attempt by Wal-Mart to transform the last vestiges Ferry Farm into a vast shopping plaza. ISBN #W2442 $27.99
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