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Title
The permanent resident
Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Excavations and explorations of George Washington's life
Type
Text
Monograph
Subject
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Virginia. (LCSH)
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Homes and haunts--Pennsylvania. (LCSH)
Excavations (Archaeology)--Virginia (LCSH)
Virginia--Antiquities (LCSH)
Virginia--History--18th century (LCSH)
Excavations (Archaeology)--Pennsylvania (LCSH)
Pennsylvania--History--18th century (LCSH)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Geographic Coverage
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Classification
LCC: E312.5 .L476 2022
DDC: 973.4/1092 full
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Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"This archaeological biography of George Washington uncovers the physical remains of the major sites he lived at or visited--from his childhood home near Fredericksburg to Barbados and Mount Vernon--while also narrating their many, and shifting, afterlives in American popular memory"-- Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
The Fires of Pope's Creek
The Many Houses of Washington's Boyhood Home
"Perfectly Ravished" : The Washingtons of Barbados
Washington's Red Coats of Wool and Walls of Oak : The Remnants of War
Slavery, Housing, Memory, and Mixed Messages on Mount Vernon's North Lane
What Hides in Plain Sight at Philadelphia's "President's House"
Conclusion : We Need to Talk about George.
Authorized Access Point
Levy, Philip, 1963- The permanent resident