Published in 1969, the book was more recently discovered by a Washington family descendant and reissued as Mount Vernon Love Story.

This book constitutes the only eyewitness chronicle we have of the Washington estate's ascent to the status of national shrine, and it offers the closest possible evidence of Mount Vernonís singular role in helping forge American national ...

The Mount Vernon community in Fairfax County, Virginia, draws its name from George Washington's home overlooking the Potomac River.

Conceived in 1850, Mount Vernon is a young city, founded as an alternative to overcrowded New York City living by a group of ambitious middle- and laboring-class citizens.

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

In 1805, veterans of the American Revolution claimed a plot of land in Ohio as reward for their military service, settling the town of Mount Vernon.