To most Americans he is regarded as 'The Father Of Our Nation', but how many really know the man behind the face on the one dollar bill? * The Cast: The first US President, George Washington. * The ...
Grant Wood, an Iowa artist, painted this piece, “Parson Weems’ Fable,” in 1939. It depicts Mason Locke Weems (also known as Parson Weems), who was an early biographer of George Washington.
No one would describe Alexis Coe’s unconventional biography of conventional biographical subject George Washington as boring. Starting with its cover illustration, a playful Washington grinning at the ...
Ms. Coe is the author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.” I have a confession to make: I’m a presidential historian who dislikes Presidents’ Day. Actually, it’s worse ...