Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum

Mount Vernon in Miniature




Sources Cited

Books:

Adler, David. A Picture Book of George Washington. New York: Holiday House, 1989.

Boller, Paul F. Presidential Anecdotes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981.

Davis, Kenneth C. Don't Know Much About History. New York: Avon Books, 1995.

Evert, Jodie, ed. Cooking In Colonial Virginia. Middleton: Pleasant Company Publications, 1994.

George-isms by George Washington. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc. 2000.

Giblin, James. George Washing: A Picture Book Biography. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1992.

Gross, Ruth Belov. ...If You Grew Up With George Washington. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1982.

Harness, Cheryl. George Washington. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2000.

Hurd, Charles. A Treasury of Great American Quotations: Our Country's Life & History in the Thoughts of Its Men and Women. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1964.

Lowther, Minnie. Mount Vernon: Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families and Mansions. New York: John C. Winston Co., 1930.

Milton, Joyce. The Story of George Washington: Quiet Hero. New York: Gareth Stevens, 1988.

Old Wendie. George Washington. New York: Enslow Publisher, Inc., 1997.

Pitch, Anthony S. Exclusively Presidential Trivia. Washington, D.C.: Mino Publications, 1985.

Schaefer, Lola M. George Washington. New York: Pebble Books, 1999.

Shenkman, Richard and Kurt Reiger. One Night Stands With American History: Odd, Amusing and Little-Known Incidents. New York: William Morrow & Co., Inc., 1980.

Stevenson, Augusta. George Washington: Young Leader. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1959.

Wall, Charles C. Mount Vernon: A Handbook. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1985.

Web Sources:

Biography of George Washington

http://sc94.ameslab.gov/TOUR/gwash.html

http://www.history.org/people/bios/biowash2.htm

http://www.mountvernon.org/education/cards/family.asp

http://www.mountvernon.org/press/gw_fact.asp

http://www.mountvernon.org/education/slavery/index.asp

http://www.mountvernon.org/press/mv_fact.asp

http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers/documents/weems/index.html

Papers of George Washington
http://www.virginia.edu/gwpapers

Mount Vernon
http://www.mountvernon.org

http://www.trumanlibrary.org

Videos/Cd-rom:

Digging Into George Washington. Cd-rom. Mount Vernon, Virginia: The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1999.

George Washington: Founding Father. A&E Biography.

George Washington: American Revolutionary. A&E Biography.

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