John Wayland here recounts the Washington family history by taking us on a tour of the legendary homesteads they inhabited. There are chapters on "Wakefield," the birthplace of George Washington, "The Rose of Epping Forest," the historic homestead of George's mother, Mary Ball, and eighteen more Washington homes. Of great historical and genealogical value, the author has added a compendium of 400 biographical sketches of the Washingtons, a chronology of 244 incidents in Washington history, and a complete index.