Mount Vernon Bookshop DVD's, CD's and Videos Gifts & Reproductions Furniture & Home Décor Children's Corner In the Garden Christmas at Mount Vernon Gourmet Gifts New! New! New! Sale! Sale! Sale! Teaching Resources Membership Donate Home   Sale Sale Sale The Grand Idea: George Washington’s Potomac and the Race to the West By Joel Achenbach. ISBN 0-684-84857-0. Copyright 2004. Hardcover with 367 pages. “The Grand Idea” is the story of Washington’s ambitions for the brand-new republic that he had fought so hard to create. His western journey culminates in a breathtaking scheme: Washington, with the help of Thomas Jefferson, will transform the Potomac River into a commercial artery that will link the new West to the old East. Worried that the newborn country was so fragmented that it might literally split into two separate and rival nations, he uses the skills he learned as a young backwoods surveyor to come up with his river plan. The future of the Union, Washington believes, depends on the Potomac route to the West, which will bind the country to one enterprise. “The Grand Idea” is a large narrative of a great man and his grand plan that captures the uncertainties and conflicts of the new country, the passions of an ambitious people, and the seemingly endless beauty of the American landscape. Item #: 9740 Price: $26.00 Sale Price: $15.99 Not in Stock   For King and Country George Washington, Man and Monument George Washington, The Indispensable Man (Abridged)

About Us | Major and Planned Gifts | Press Room | Links | Calendar | Employment | Acknowledgements | Terms of Use | Sitemap | Home Created by Matrix Group International, Inc. ® © 2009 Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. All Rights Reserved.