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Leadership and Legacy: Conversations at the George Washington Presidential Library

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Leadership and Legacy comes from the Washington Presidential Library. Guests include leaders and historians. The conversations explore growth, challenges, and innovation. Historical experience provides a point of reference. George Washington’s legacy is a particular part of that inquiry.

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Cover of The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire

byAndrew O'Shaugnessy

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Cover of Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

Rush: Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father

byStephen Fried

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Cover of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

byStephanie E. Jones-Rogers

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Cover of The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War

byJoanne Freeman

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Cover of The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

The Framers’ Coup: The Making of the United States Constitution

byMichael J. Klarman

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Cover of The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation

The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation

byColin Calloway

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Cover of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

byErica Armstrong Dunbar

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Cover of Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention

Madison’s Hand: Revising the Constitutional Convention

byMary Sarah Bilder

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Cover of A Deserving Brother: George Washington and Freemasonry

A Deserving Brother: George Washington and Freemasonry

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Cover of Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom

Joseph Smith for President: The Prophet, the Assassins, and the Fight for American Religious Freedom

bySpencer W. McBride

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Cover of Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain

Slave Empire: How Slavery Built Modern Britain

byPadraic X. Scanlan

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Cover of Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence

Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence

byHarlow Giles Unger

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Cover of Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity

Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity

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Cover of Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

Braddock’s Defeat: The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution

byDavid Preston

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Cover of Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It

Brothers at Arms: American Independence and the Men of France and Spain Who Saved It

byLarrie D. Ferreiro

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Cover of Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom

Revolution Song: A Story of American Freedom

byRussell Shorto

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Cover of Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

byCatherine Kerrison

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Cover of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington

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Cover of The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

byRick Atkinson

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Cover of George Washington: A Life in Books

George Washington: A Life in Books

byKevin J. Hayes

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Cover of The Boston Massacre: A Family History

The Boston Massacre: A Family History

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Cover of The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

byLindsay M. Chervinsky

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Cover of In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

byNathaniel Philbrick

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Cover of The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

byMatthew Costello

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Cover of Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution

Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution

byKathleen DuVal

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Cover of George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation

George Washington’s Journey: The President Forges a New Nation

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Cover of Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero – The Tragic Life of Robert E. Lee’s Father

Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Hero – The Tragic Life of Robert E. Lee’s Father

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Cover of Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars

Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars

byJamie L.H. Goodall

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Cover of Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

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Cover of “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination

“Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination

byAnnette Gordon-ReedandPeter S. Onuf

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Cover of Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic

Aristocratic Education and the Making of the American Republic

byMark Boonshoft

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Cover of Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

byEdward J. Larson

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Cover of Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood

Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood

byCynthia Kierner

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Cover of Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War

Tacky’s Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War

byVincent Brown

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Cover of The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence

The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence

byS. Max Edelson

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Cover of The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army

The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army

byColin Calloway

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Cover of When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation

When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation

byFrançois Furstenberg

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Cover of American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750 – 1804

American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750 – 1804

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Cover of Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty

Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty

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Cover of 1774: The Long Year of Revolution

1774: The Long Year of Revolution

byMary Beth Norton

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Cover of An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America

An Empire on the Edge: How Britain Came to Fight America

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Cover of The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America

The Will of the People: The Revolutionary Birth of America

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Cover of The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington

The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington

byMartha Saxton

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Cover of The Washingtons: George and Martha, “Join’d by Friendship, Crown’d by Love”

The Washingtons: George and Martha, “Join’d by Friendship, Crown’d by Love”

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