Join us or episode two as George Washington travels west to meet with the French who have arrived to set up forts around what is now the Pittsburgh area. Washington...
Author - Chasing American History
Lindsay M. Chervinsky talks with us about her exciting new book, “The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution.” Check...
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Edward G. Lengel
Edward G. Lengel has managed what many have believed to be impossible - he has written biographical works on George Washington that plumb new depths into his character...
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PODCAST: Talking to Edward G. Lengel about his book “First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His – and the Nation’s – Prosperity.”
Edward Lengel is one of the premier experts on George Washington, having written “General George Washington” (Finalist for the George Washington Book Prize)...
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George Washington and His Times Episode 1
George Washington may not have been born in a log cabin, but he was born with a number of challenges to overcome, including a lack of education (due to the early death...
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Chatting with Author Adrienne M. Harrison (Supplementary Episode)
Adrienne M. Harrison talks about George Washington and his methods of self-education.
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Peter Stark talks to David Cross about his Best-Selling Book, “Young Washington.” (Supplementary Episode)
Peter Stark discusses his best-selling book, "Young Washington."
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Young George Washington – An Interview with Thomas A. Lewis. (Supplementary Episode)
Thomas A. Lewis talks to our Historical Expeditionary about young George Washington and his adventures as a surveyor and throughout the Seven Year's War.
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The 1721 Smallpox Epidemic
The pandemic of 2020 is not the first time that we have faced a mysterious illness and were unsure of how to defeat it. In 1721 a smallpox epidemic occurred in Boston...
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George Washington – His Life and Times ( Introduction)
He stares at us from the dollar bill, impenetrable and grumpy. But the picture we have of Washington hardly explains how one man could have had all the impact he had...
