A facsimile of the original 1870 edition, with over 150 black and white illustrations, detailing the life of George Washington at home and with his family--a uniquely personal perspective of America's first president.
Benson John Lossing was a prolific and popular American historian, known best for his illustrated books on the American Revolution and American Civil War and features in Harper's Magazine. He was a charter trustee of Vassar College.