George Washington: The Man Behind the Myths

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1999. xv, 328 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour); 31 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held February 1999 in Richmond, VA. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Washington's own accounts, observations by his contemporaries, narratives by the first generation of Washington biographers, decorative objects, and visual images, which were assembled for a major exhibition sponsored by the Virginia Historical Society, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, and Washington and Lee University, invite a fresh evaluation of Washington. William M.S. Rasmussen and Robert S. Tilton trace the ways in which Washington's origins in the peculiar colonial society of Virginia prepared him for success on the national stage." - Publisher.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to. Collectible.