Finalists for the 2023 George Washington Book Prize discussed their books on the founding era. The George Washington Prize is an annual award sponsored by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American ...

The book tells the story of Hercules, a slave whom George Washington used as a chef. The book shows Hercules and his daughter happy and taking pride in making the president a birthday cake.

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the ...

A book owned by George Washington and containing his own annotated copy of the Constitution sold for $9.8 million at Christie's, more than three times what it was expected to draw.

Scholastic is pulling a new picture book about George Washington and his slaves amid objections it sentimentalizes a brutal part of American history. “A Birthday Cake for George Washington ...

The book, which depicts Hercules and Delia preparing a cake for Washington, has received more than 100 one-star reviews on Amazon.com. As of Sunday evening, only 12 reviews were positive.

NEW YORK (AP) — Scholastic is pulling a new picture book about George Washington and his slaves amid objections it sentimentalizes a brutal part of American history. “A Birthday Cake for ...

BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON: THE INDISPENSABLE MAN AS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HIM By Glenn Beck Threshold Editions, $26, 351 pages The life story of George Washington is “a miracle.” After all, Glenn ...

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The book really just jumps up and asks you to pay attention; it’s not a book that you ease into. The preface presents a series of charts, like of the jobs Washington had, or the animals he ...