A new museum and education center that opened in October 2006 offered visitors a window into the spiritual life on the plantation of the first US president, but Thompson decided that the constraints i
George Washington’s life has been scrutinized by historians over the past three centuries, but the day-to-day lives of Mount Vernon’s enslaved workers, who left few written records but made up 90 perc
Wild Mammals in Captivity, the first handbook of its kind, focuses on new approaches to the management of wild animals in captivity. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most cu
