Scholar Dissects Life of (and Myths about) America's First President
24 February 2011
Edward Lengel, editor-in-chief of the Washington Papers Project and professor at the University of Virginia, discusses his new book, "Inventing George Washington: America's Founder, in Myth & Memory."
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