In the Hands of a Good Providence: Religion in the Life of George Washington

by Mary V. Thompson

Attempts by evangelical Christians to claim Washington and other founders as their own, and scholars' ongoing attempts to contradict these claims, are nothing new. Particularly after Washington was no longer around to refute them, legends of his Baptist baptism or secret conversion to Catholicism began to proliferate. Mount Vernon researcher Mary Thompson endeavors to get beyond the current preoccupation with whether Washington and other founders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813927633
• ISBN13: 9780813927633
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher