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Mount Vernon Love Story
Mount Vernon Love Story | Mary Higgins Clark
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Always a lover of history, Mary Higgins Clark wrote this extensively researched biographical novel and titled it Aspire to the Heavens, after the motto of George Washington's mother. Published in 1969, the book was more recently discovered by a Washington family descendant and reissued as Mount Vernon Love Story. Dispelling the widespread belief that although George Washington married Martha Dandridge Custis, he reserved his true love for Sally Carey Fairfax, his best friend's wife, Mary Higgins Clark describes the Washington marriage as one full of tenderness and passion, as a bond between two people who shared their lives -- even the bitter hardship of a winter in Valley Forge -- in every way. In this author's skilled hands, the history, the love, and the man come fully and dramatically alive.
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CrowCAH
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I supported Mount Vernon with a small donation, so I could receive this book!

It arrived on BOOK LOVERS DAY! 📚 (August 9)

Asthecroweflies Mount Vernon is a neat place. I visited during a trip when I was 16 years old (many moons ago). The cover art is a good likeness of the house. 3mo
CrowCAH @Asthecroweflies I‘ve been fortunate enough to visit several times, some years back. I would like to go again now that they have a distillery 🍻 3mo
Mollyanna A friend had her wedding at Mount Vernon. It was a wonderful location. It‘s been years since I‘ve been though. I didn‘t know they had a distillery now. Might be a reason to head back 😊🍻 3mo
CrowCAH @Mollyanna it would make for a wonderful wedding location! Glad you got to attend! 3mo
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Allylu
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This was a wonderful story about George Washington when he was growing up and as he was leaving the Presidency - two time lines. It tells how he came to own Mount Vernon, fall in love, and marry Patsy (Martha‘s nickname). He loved Martha and he loved Mount Vernon. It‘s a sweet story and I learned so much about them both. #100YEARS100BOOKS #89 #BookSpinBingo #9 #BFC21 #3 #TAILSandTALESforADULTS #16 #BOOKED2021 (photos) #FIRSTLADIES

BarbaraTheBibliophage Interesting! 3y
Cinfhen This sounds super interesting 💙 3y
Allylu It was. I have decided to read about the First Ladies and I was surprised to find this one by Mary Higgins Clark. It was one of her first books. Her story of how it came about was interesting, too. And it has photos before each chapter! 3y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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LiterarySloth
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These are all the books I‘ve read for the past two weeks since my furlough started. I‘m also reading A Clash of Kings but that one has been hard for me to get into. I loved the show but the books get very slow sometimes. I‘m just going to make the best of my time off and hope that this ends soon so I can go back to work.

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Maggie_Reads
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Just thought I‘d share the sad news.

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mrp27
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#17booklove #feistyfeb #presidentialreads

In honor of Presidents' Day a #romanticlove story between George and Martha Washington.