How Washington Lost His Birthday and Other Masonic Essays: Gaston Lichtenstein's George Washington's Lost Birthday - Paperback

by Guillermo de Los Reyes (Introduction by), Guillermo de Los Reyes (Editor), Gaston Lichtenstein (Author)

This book by Gaston Lichtenstein is an antiquarian's pleasure. An antiquarian is an enthusiast for things historical, and historians sometime regard being called an antiquarian as an insult, as a slur on their scholarship. But rather than a term of abuse, the word can be a compliment, suggesting intellectual curiosity and a passion for proof. That is the case with Lichtenstein, who was eclectic in his writing career, producing work on Freemasonry, Iberian prisoners of war, Atlantic City piers, colonial North Carolina, and in the case of this book, George Washington's birthday. He was a highly readable author who loved to browse in all kinds of areas, and probably is a better companion by the fireside than many more pretentious scholars.

Author Biography

Gaston Lichtenstein (1879-1954) was a prolific American Historian whose works include History of the Jews of Richmond, Thomas Jefferson as War Governor, Early Social Life in Edgecombe, and Louis D. Wilson, Mexican War Martyr, among may others. Guillermo De Los Reyes is Associate Professor of Latin American Culture and Literature, Associate Director of Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Faculty-in-Residence in the University of Houston.