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Washington
A Life
Ron Chernow
2010
Penguin Press
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Debunk
Chernow Gonna Chernow
A Pulitzer Prize winner punches down.
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Alexis Coe
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Study Marry Kill
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January 30, 2021
Book Review
His Highness
George Washington scales new heights.
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Jill Lepore
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The New Yorker
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September 20, 2010
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We Nearly Lost Our First President to the Flu. The Country Could Have Died, too.
In 1790, George Washington fell severely ill, threatening his life and the young nation he led.
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Gillian Brockell
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Retropolis
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October 3, 2020
A New Book About George Washington Breaks All the Rules on How to Write About George Washington
A cheeky biography of the first president pulls no punches.
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Alexis Coe
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Karin Wulf
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Smithsonian Magazine
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February 4, 2020