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Take note! : George Washington the reader / Amanda C. Isaac ; with essay by Michele Lee.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Phila. Society for Promoting Agriculture Collection E312.17 .I83 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Isaac, Amanda C. (Amanda Creekman)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Books and reading.
- Washington, George.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Library.
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Private libraries--Virginia.
- Private libraries.
- Books and reading.
- Virginia.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union (donor)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Mount Vernon, Va.] : George Washington's Mount Vernon, 2013.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Curt Viebranz
- Acknowledgements / Susan P. Schoelwer
- Foundations
- Soldier Scholar
- Library on the Potomac
- Sermons, Bestsellers, and Travels
- Experimental Farmer
- George Washington Wired
- President
- Washington's Legacy
- Rereading George Washington / Michele Lee
- Lenders to the Exhibition
- Further Reading
- Frequently Cited Sources and Abbreviations
- Endnotes
- Image Credits.
- Notes:
- "This publication accompanies the special exhibition, Take Note! George Washington the Reader, organized in conjunction with the opening of The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. The exhibition is on display September 27, 2013 through January 12, 2014 in the Donald W. Reynolds Museum and Education Center at George Washington's Mount Vernon."--T.p. verso.
- Contains bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Presented to the Penn Libraries by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union in 2013.
- Penn Libraries copy has 2 folded leaflets (one advertising The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, the other advertising the exhibition Take Note! George Washington the Reader), each 23 x 10 cm., laid in.
- ISBN:
- 0931917476
- 9780931917479
- OCLC:
- 859252683
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