Alexis Coe’s biography of Washington — the first by a woman in 40 years — is called “You Never Forget Your First.” But have we?

The best biography of George Washington yet Ron Chernow's extraordinary new book paints the first president as a man in a struggle to contain his emotions. By Max Byrd.

George Washington always smiled with his mouth closed. His bad teeth deeply embarrassed him. His ill-fitting dentures, he complained, “for[ced] the lip out just under the nose,” Alexis Coe ...

At 22, Washington manipulated a band of Seneca warriors into an attack that sparked the French and Indian War. Alamy Stock Photo Americans widely believe that George Washington had wooden teeth ...

Washington Crossing the Delaware (by Emanuel Leutze, American, 1816 - 1868), 1851. The painting documents Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25-26, 1776, as part ...

Alexis Coe, historian and author of “You Never Forget Your First” - a new biography of George Washington - talks to Jane Carr about why it’s so important to stop the mythmaking about the ...

Chernow covers Washington's extraordinary saga the Revolution, the presidency, the reluctant celebrity of Mount Vernon. Chernow pays particular attention to Washington, the demanding slave owner ...

The Only Washington Biography You Need As a brief account of Washington’s life, “George Washington: The Wonder of the Age” by John Rhodehamel, is unlikely to be surpassed for many years to come.

This vignette was a brief biography of George Washington. American History TV Saturdays on C-SPAN2 Book TV Sundays on C-SPAN2 Books That Shaped America ...