George Washington--The Writer: A Treasury of Letters, Diaries, and Public Documents

Presidential history buffs will devour George Washington: The Writer: A Treasury of Letters, Diaries, and Public Documents, edited by Carolyn P. Yoder. Presented chronologically, the volume begins with a journal entry written when Washington was just 16, surveying land for Lord Fairfax on Virginia's frontier; the final entry, one day before his death, is a report of his daily rounds of the farm. Yoder introduces each entry, explaining the personal and political context in which it was written. Period engravings, etchings and portraits illustrate the volume.