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| Ambitious Failure: Chain Bridge Carole L Herrick hardcover 9780914927709 400 pages 29.95 Bridges are built at a certain place at a certain time which makes them a unique window into history. Chain Bridge was the first to cross the Potomac and its history is entwined with D.C. and especially Georgetown. |
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| Aspects of Georgetown Edith Schafer trade paper 102 pages 0976122006 15.00 These wonderful essays reflect on what has been called "the most civilized neighborhood in the world." |
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| August 24, 1814: Washington in Flames Carole L. Herrick hardcover 256 pages 9780914927501 28.95 The horrific burning of America’s new capital in 1814 could have been prevented. Learn the details of this riveting chapter of our history. |
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| The Book of the Presidents Vincent Wilson trade paper 103 pages 9780910086028 7.95 This new edition includes Barack Obama, taking his historic place among all the other Presidents of the United States. |
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| Capital Beer Greg Kitsock trade paper 9781626194410 192 pages 19.99 From the first Washington Brewery in 1796 through Prohibition to the bold new brewers of the recent craft beer revival, here is the "heady history of brewing in D.C." Color and b & w illustrations. |
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| The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Gary Anthes hardcover 9780764343100 112 pages 45.00 This large-format photographic essay captures the Canal in all seasons and moods in poetic images you will want to revisit again and again. |
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| The Capitol Inside and Out Jim Berard trade paper 9780978646219 160 pages 24.95 Entertaining, informative and never stuffy, this is the go-to history of the Capitol. Open to any page and enjoy a gold mine of information about the building and its inhabitants. |
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| Contruction Notes Wallace Mlyniec trade paper 150 pages 0965099822 15.95 Here is a well-written, entertaining and fascinating account of what became known as the Georgetown Campus Completion Project. The author, Law Center liaison to the construction team, provides a first-hand view of the complexities and drama in a building project of this scope. |
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| District of Columbia Neighborhoods Patrick M. Reynolds trade paper 0-932514-33-2 106 pages 14.95 More full-color "Flashbacks" comics with an emphasis on the history of D.C.'s unique |
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| Exclusively First Ladies Trivia Anthony S. Pitch trade paper 0-931719-03-8 172 pages 4.95 Equal time for the ladies thrust into the public eye when their husbands became president. |
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| Exclusively Presidential Trivia Anthony S. Pitch trade paper 0-931719-01-1 172 pages 4.95 The presidents all had their fair share of quirks and oddities and you can try your hand at guessing them here. |
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