A Deserving Brother

Mark A. Tabbert is Director of Archives and Exhibits at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial and author of American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities.

A Deserving Brother is clearly written, utterly readable, and even personable. It provides a window into the past, like a well-curated exhibition, and is a must-have book for readers who seek to better understand George Washington or historical Freemasonry. --Kevin Butterfield, Washington Library at Mount Vernon [A] handsomely published book, which includes dozens of glossy, full-color photographs of images and artifacts... For historians considering Washington's life, Freemasonry, the history of voluntary associations, or the material culture of the memory of the Founders, there is much here of potential research value, surprise, and occasional delight. -- "Journal of Southern History" A valuable contribution to the literature on the history of American freemasonry and George Washington. This well-done and interesting book brings together an important collection of documents for researchers and contextualizes them within American masonic history, Washington's life, and the cult of Washington among white freemasons. It will appeal to academics studying Washington and early American freemasonry and be of great interest to the serious or casual American freemason who wishes to learn more about the history of his order. -- "H-Early-America" This valuable book brings together a variety of documents and images of objects that are scattered and sometimes not easily available but which are central to understanding George Washington's relationship to Freemasonry. It also offers substantial research about the topic, making it a work that all future biographers of Washington--and students of a range of related issues--will need to consult. --Steven C. Bullock, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, author of Revolutionary Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840