David O. Stewart will speak on his recently published book, George Washington: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father.
David O. Stewart, formerly a lawyer, writes fiction and history. His first historical work told the story of the writing of the Constitution (The Summer of 1787). It was a Washington Post Bestseller and won the Washington Writing Prize for Best Book of 2007. His second book. Impeached, grew from a judicial impeachment trial he defended before the United States Senate in 1989. American Emperor: Aaron Burr's Challenge to Jefferson's America explored Burr's astounding Western expedition of 1805-07 and his treason trial before Chief Justice John Marshall. Madison's Gift: Five Partnerships That Built America debuted in February 2015. He has received the 2013 History Award of the Society of the Cincinnati and the 2016 William Prescott Award for History Writing from the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. His book about George Washington, GEORGE WASHINGTON: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father, was published in February 2021.
Due to the continuing COVID restrictions at the University of Richmond, we will move off-campus for our November meeting to the Gayton Branch of the Henrico County Library (the library is only about 10 min. from U of R):
10600 Gayton Road
Henrico, VA 23238
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Please note that this will be in-person only. There will be no Zoom for this meeting. Also, at this time, masks are required inside the library. This may change by the date of our meeting.
Be sure to mark your calendars and see you on November seventeenth!
