Main entry:

Dalzell, Robert F.

Title & Author:

George Washington's Mount Vernon : at home in Revolutionary America / Robert F. Dalzell, Jr., Lee Baldwin Dalzell.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Description:

xxi, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-288) and index.
pt. I. Landscapes of the republic. Patterns : An uncommon place ; The Washingtons of Virginia, 1657-1757 -- Building : A new Mount Vernon, 1758-1773 ; "Things not quite orthodox": George Washington, architect ; The third edition, with revisions, 1774-1787 -- pt. II. Toward democracy. The builders : Slaves and overseers ; Artisans ; Undertakers and managers -- The uses of a great house : At home and away, 1788-1799 ; To give and bequeath -- Redivivus, 1800-present -- House-building in eighteenth-century Virginia.

Summary:

" ... The details of Washington's 45-year-long campaign to build and perfect Mount Vernon."--Jacket.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195121147 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780195121148 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780199761050
0199761051
0195136284
9780195136289

Subject:

Washington, George, 1732-1799 Homes and haunts Virginia Fairfax County.
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Washington, George 1732-1799
Washington, George.
Homes
Mount Vernon.
Landgoederen.
Mount Vernon (Va: Estate)
Washington, George, 1732-1799 Homes and haunts Virginia.
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Mount Vernon (Virg. : Domaine)
Virginia Fairfax County
Virginia Mount Vernon (Estate)
Mount Vernon, Va.

Added entries:

Dalzell, Lee Baldwin.

Mount Vernon

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205718
Call No.: NA44.W318 .M6 1998a
Status: Available