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For younger readers

Allen, Thomas B. George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War. National Geographic, 2004. For readers in grades 6 to 9.

Collier, James Lincoln. The Washington You Never Knew. Children's Press, 2003. For readers in grades 4 to 6.

Feinstein, Stephen. George Washington. Enslow, 2002. A biography with Web links, for readers in grades 5 to 9.

Marrin, Albert. George Washington and the Founding of a Nation. Dutton, 2001. For readers in grades 7 to 12.

Morris, Jeffrey. The Washington Way. Lerner, 1994. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Old, Wendie C. George Washington. Enslow, 1997. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Washington, George

Achenbach, Joel. The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West. Describes Washington's plan for the nation's capital and for the Potomac River.

Ellis, Joseph J. His Excellency: George Washington. Knopf, 2004. Examines the development of Washington's character and views.

Ferling, John E. Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution. Oxford University Press, 2000. Examines the personal motives and ambitions of three key participants in the American Revolution.

Flexner, James Thomas. George Washington. Little, Brown, 1965-1972. Four volumes of comprehensive biography reveal the human side of legendary Washington.

Freeman, Douglas Southall. George Washington: A Biography. Scribner, Reprint, Kelley, 1948-1957. 1975. Seven volumes of detailed biography won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958; a one-volume abridgment was published in 1968.

Hirschfeld, Fritz. George Washington and Slavery: A Documentary Portrayal. University of Missouri Press, 1997. A study of Washington's attitudes toward slavery.

Randall, Willard Sterne. George Washington: A Life. Holt, 1997, 1999. Separates the man from the myth.

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