Biographies of George Washington since 1900
published since 1900* | 1900-1950 | 1951-1999 | 2000-
Callahan, Charles H. Washington: the man and the Mason, Pub. under the auspices of the Memorial temple committee of the George Washington Masonic national memorial association. Washington, D.C.: Gibson Brothers Press, 1913. 380 pages, includes name and subject indexes.
Corbin, John. The unknown Washington: biographic origins of the republic. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. 454 pages, includes endnotes, bibliography, and index.
De La Bedoyere, Michael. George Washington. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1935]. 310 pages, includes footnotes, bibliography, and index.
Fay, Bernard. George Washington: republican aristocrat. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. 297 pages, includes bibliography, endnotes, and index.
Fitzpatrick, John C. George Washington himself: a common-sense biography written from his manuscripts. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1933. 544 pages includes endnotes and index.
Ford, Worthington Chauncey. George Washington: in two volumes. Paris, Goupil & Co., Manzi, Joyant & Co., Successors, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Volume 1, 303 pages. Volume 2, 308 pages, includes index.
Heath, Virginia. The story of Washington. Portland, Me.: L.H. Nelson Company, 1904. 31 pages.
Hancock, Morris, editor and compiler. Washington's life and military career: Irving's life of Washington was made the basis of the condensation. Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, 1900.
Hapgood, Norman. George Washington. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1901. 419 pages, includes index.
Hart, Albert Bushnell. George Washington. Chicago: American Library Association, 1927. Number 42 in the ALA's Reading with a Purpose series. 37 pages, includes bibliography.
Hill, Frederick Trevor. On the trail of Washington: a narrative history of Washington's boyhood and manhood, based on his own writings, authentic documents and other authoritative information. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. 276 pages, includes bibliography.
Hill, Frederick Trevor. Washington, the man of action. With illustrations by Comte J. Onfroy de Breville. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1914. 329 pages.
Holmes, M.D. (Mabel Dodge). George Washington: the soul of a nation, his complete life story. Chicago [etc}: the John C. Winston Company, [1932]. 385 pages, includes footnotes, index, and bibliography.
Knipe, Alden Arthur. Everybody's Washington. Illustrated by Mead Schaeffer. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1931. 282 pages.
Little, Shelby. George Washington. New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1929. 481 pages, includes bibliography and index.
Lossing, Benson J. (Benson John). Washington: a biography. In three volumes. Philadelphia: George Barrie's Sons, 1914. Volume 1, 384 pages, includes footnotes. Volume 2, 412 pages, includes footnotes. Volume 3, 306 pages, includes footnotes.
McCann, Alfred W. Greatest of men, Washington. New York: The Devin-Adair company, 1927. 271 pages.
Prussing, Eugene E. George Washington, in love and otherwise. Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1925. 183 pages.
Sawyer, Joseph Dillaway. Washington. In two volumes, profusely illustrated. New York: Macmillan, 1927. Volume 1, 640 pages, includes index. Volume 2, 619 pages, includes index.
Sears, Louis Martin. George Washington. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1932. 560 pages, includes endnotes and index.
Stephenson, Nathaniel Wright and Waldo Hilary Dunn. George Washington. New York: Oxford University Press, 1940. Volume 1, 473 pages, includes bibliographical note and endnotes. Volume 2, 596 pages, includes endnotes and index.
Thayer, William Roscoe. George Washington. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1922. 274 pages, includes index.
Thayer, William M. George Washington: his boyhood and manhood. 14th edition. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1902. 422 pages
Thorsmark, Thora. George Washington. Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1931. 293 pages.
Washington, George. The autobiography of George Washington, 1732-1799. Arranged and edited by Edward C. Boykin. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. 119 pages, includes bibliography.
Whipple, Wayne. The story-life of Washington: a life-history in five hundred true stories, selected from original sources and fitted together in order. With reproductions of paintings, engravings, and manuscripts. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1911. 364 pages, includes index.
Williamson, M.L. (Mary Lynn). Life of Washington. Richmond: B.F. Johnson Publishing Co., c1911. 211 pages.
Wister, Owen. The seven ages of Washington: a biography. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1907. 263 pages, includes bibliography.
Bellamy, Francis Rufus. The private life of George Washington. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1951. 409 pages, includes bibliography and index.
Aikman, Lonelle. Rider with destiny: George Washington. McLean, Va.: Link Press, 1983. 173 pages, includes bibliography and index. ISBN 0912991003.
Parry, Jay A., et al. The real George Washington. Part I: George Washington: The man who united America (a history of his life). Part II: Timeless treasures from George Washington (selections from his writings). Washington, D.C.: National Center for Constitutional Studies, 1991. 928 pages, includes endnotes and index. ISBN 0880800135.
Alden, John R. George Washington: a biography. Baton Rouge & London: Louisiana State University Press, 1984. 326 pages, includes bibliographical essay and index. ISBN 0807111538.
Brookhiser, Richard. Founding father: Rediscovering George Washington. New York: The Free Press, 1996. 230 pages, includes endnotes and index. ISBN 0684822911.
Clark, Harrison. All cloudless glory: the life of George Washington from youth to Yorktown. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 1995. 591 pages, includes index. ISBN 0895264668.
—All cloudless glory: the life of George Washington: making a nation. Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, Inc. 1996. 483 pages, includes bibliographies and index. ISBN 0895264455.
Emery, Noemie. Washington: a biography. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. 432 pages, includes endnotes, bibliographies, and index.
Ferling, John E. The first of men: a life of George Washington. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 1988. 598 pages, includes endnotes, bibliography, and index. ISBN 0870495623.
Fleming, Thomas J. First in their hearts: a biography of George Washington. Illustrated with photographs and engravings. New York: Walker and Company, 1984. 136 pages, includes bibliography and index. ISBN 0802708099.
Flexner, James Thomas. Washington: the indispensable man. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1974 (first published 1969). 423 pages, includes bibliography and index. ISBN 0316286052.
Zagarri, Rosemarie, editor. David Humphreys' "Life of General Washington" with George Washington's "Remarks." Athens, Ga.: The University of Georgia Press, 1991. 129 pages, includes endnotes, bibliography, and index. ISBN 0820312932.
Jones, Robert F. George Washington. Revised edition. New York: Fordham University Press, 1986. 180 pages, includes endnotes, bibliography, and index.
Kinnaird, Clark. The pictorial biography. New York: Hastings House, 1967. 265 pages, includes bibliography and index.
Freidel, Frank and Lonnelle Aikman. George Washington: man and monument. Washington, D.C.: Washington National Monument Association, 1988, 3rd ed. (first printed 1965). 67 pages. ISBN 0929050002.
MacDonald, William. George Washington: a brief biography. From the Eleventh Edition. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911. Mount Vernon, Va.: The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 1973. 37 pages, includes bibliography.
Niles, Blair. Martha's husband: An informal portrait of George Washington. New York: Mc-Graw Hill, 1951. 307 pages, includes endnotes and bibliography.
Nordham, George Washington. George Washington: a concise biography. Parsons, W.V.: McClain Printing Company, 1982. 34 pages, includes bibliography. ISBN 0870124498.
Patriot Sage: George Washington and the American political tradition. Edited by Gary L. Gregg II and Matthew Spalding. Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 1999. 355 pages, includes endnotes and index.
Randall, Willard Sterne. George Washington: a life. New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1997. 548 pages, includes endnotes, bibliography, and index. ISBN 0805027793.
Rivoire, Mario. The life and times of Washington. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1969.
Schwartz, Barry. George Washington: the making of an American symbol. New York: The Free Press, 1982. 250 pages, includes endnotes and index. ISBN 0029284145.
Swiggett, Howard. The great man: George Washington as a human being. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1953. 401 pages, includes bibliography, endnotes, and index.
Thane, Elswyth. Potomac squire. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1963. 432 pages, includes index.
Wall, Charles Cecil. George Washington: Citizen-soldier. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1980. ISBN 0813908523. 217 pages, includes bibliography and index.
Washington, George. George Washington, a biography in his own words. Edited by Ralph K. Andrist. New York: Newsweek, 1972. 416 pages, includes bibliography and index. ISBN 006010127x.
Higginbotham, Don., editor. George Washington reconsidered. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001. 336 pages, includes individual endnotes and comprehensive index.
*For biographies published before 1900, and for works on specific aspects of Washington's life, contact the library.