This collection of essays written by prestigious Washington scholars examines the role that geography and the diverse inhabitants of this frontier play in moldi

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Even as the 250th anniversary of its outbreak approaches, the Seven Years' War (otherwise known as the French and Indian War) is still not wholly understood. Mo

The Indian World of George Washington offers a fresh portrait of the most revered American and the Native Americans whose story has been only partially told.

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