Biographies of George Washington since 1900
published since 1900* |
1900-1950 |
1951-1999 |
2000-
1900-1950
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.
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1951-1999
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.
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2000-
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.
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