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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
everything you wanted to ask about DC street names
A wonderfully researched book about the who's and what's were the bases for naming Washington's streets and avenues. Any real estate agent, who wants to know the derivation of the streets, MUST buy this hard-to-find book. The DC Real Estate agents association should republish and distribute to its members.
Published on November 29, 2009 by sandytiger
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Poorly researched
_George Washington Never Slept Here_ can be skipped - it contains quite a few errors, and the author does not cite her sources, so it is not even a useful jumping off point for further research. Her entry on Benning Road is a good example of the problems w/the book - she claims (w/no evidence) that it's named after Georgia state justice Henry Louis Benning,...
Published 22 months ago by Ryan M. Shepard
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Poorly researched,
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This review is from: George Washington Never Slept Here: History of the Street Names of Washington, D.C. (Paperback)
_George Washington Never Slept Here_ can be skipped - it contains quite a few errors, and the author does not cite her sources, so it is not even a useful jumping off point for further research.
Her entry on Benning Road is a good example of the problems w/the book - she claims (w/no evidence) that it's named after Georgia state justice Henry Louis Benning, rather its actual namesake, William Benning (1771-1831), an early D.C. landowner whose estate fronted onto the road that now bears his name. Unfortunately, there is not a useful reference book on D.C. street name origins available at the moment.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
everything you wanted to ask about DC street names,
By sandytiger (DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: George Washington Never Slept Here: History of the Street Names of Washington, D.C. (Paperback)
A wonderfully researched book about the who's and what's were the bases for naming Washington's streets and avenues. Any real estate agent, who wants to know the derivation of the streets, MUST buy this hard-to-find book. The DC Real Estate agents association should republish and distribute to its members.
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George Washington Never Slept Here: History of the Street Names of Washington, D.C. by Amy L. Alotta (Paperback - July 1993)
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