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Author	Isaac, Amanda C.
Title	Take note! : George Washington the reader / Amanda C. Isaac ; with essay by Michele Lee.
Publication Info.	[Mount Vernon, Va.] : George Washington's Mount Vernon, 2013.

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 7	92 W318 I	IN LIBRARY

Description	xii, 160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Note	"This publication accompanies the special exhibition, Take Note! George Washington the Reader, organized in conjunction with the opening of The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon." -- Title page verso
Contents	Foreword / Curt Viebranz -- Acknowledgements / Susan P. Schoelwer -- Foundations -- Soldier Scholar -- Library on the Potomac -- Sermons, Bestsellers, and Travels -- Experimental Farmer -- George Washington Wired -- President -- Washington's Legacy -- Rereading George Washington / Michele Lee -- Lenders to the Exhibition -- Further Reading -- Frequently Cited Sources and Abbreviations -- Endnotes -- Image Credits.
Bibliography	Contains bibliographical references.
Local Note	New York Society Library mentioned on page 106, including an image of the charging ledger page documenting Washington's borrowing history on page 108.
Subject	Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Books and reading.
	Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Library.
	Private libraries -- Virginia.
Added Author	Lee, Michele.
	Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union.
Added Title	George Washington the reader
ISBN	0931917476
	9780931917479
	9780931917476

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