Biography & Memoir Books on Washington DC

The Washington War: FDR's Inner Circle and the Politics of Power That Won World War II

by James Lacey (Author)

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A Literary Guide to Washington, DC: Walking in the Footsteps of American Writers from Francis Scott Key to Zora Neale Hurston

by Kim Roberts (Author)

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The Foggy Bottom Gang: The Story of the Warring Brothers of Washington, DC

by Leo Warring (Author)

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Washington, DC, Jazz (Images of America)

by Dr. Regennia N. Williams, Rev. Dr. Sandra Butler-Truesdale (Authors), Willard Jenkins (Foreword)

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Soulside: Washington, DC, 1986–1989

by Alexis Fleisig (Author)

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Leonard Bernstein and Washington, DC: Works, Politics, Performances (Eastman Studies in Music, 167)

by Daniel Abraham (Editor), Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, Dr. Andrew H. Weaver (Editors, Contributors), Barry Seldes, Carol J. Oja, Elissa Harbert, Professor Elizabeth A. Wells, Katherine Baber, Lars Helgert, Mari Yoshihara, Professor Paul R. Paul R. Laird, Professor Robert C. Lagueux, Sarah Elaine Sarah Elaine Neill (Contributors)

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Heroes of the Underground Railroad Around Washington, D.C. (American Heritage)

by Jenny Masur (Author), Stanley Harrold author of "Subversives: Antislavery Community in Washington D.C. 1928-1965" (Foreword)

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Movie Theaters of Washington, DC (Images of America)

by Robert K. Headley, Pat Padua (Authors)

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Spoke: Images and Stories from the 1980s Washington, DC Punk Scene

by Scott Crawford (Author)

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George Washington Dealmaker-In-Chief: The Story of How The Father of Our Country Unleashed The Entrepreneurial Spirit in America

by Cyrus A. Ansary (Author)

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Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

by Diane Carlson Evans (Author), Bob Welch Joseph Galloway (Foreword)

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Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington

by Ted Widmer (Author)

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Joe Biden: American Dreamer

by Evan Osnos (Author)

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Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

by Erica Armstrong Dunbar (Author)

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Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia (American Heritage)

by John Muller (Author), Frank Faragasso, Ka'mal Mcclarin, Clifford Muse (Forewords)

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Spy Sites of Washington, DC: A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History

by Robert Wallace, H. Keith Melton (Authors), Henry R. Schlesinger Peter Earnest (Foreword)

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Black Broadway in Washington, DC (American Heritage)

by Briana A. Thomas (Author), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (Foreword)

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Between Freedom and Equality: The History of an African American Family in Washington, DC

by Barbara Boyle Torrey, Clara Myrick Green (Authors), James Fisher, Tanya Gaskins Hardy, Maurice Jackson (Forewords), Historic Chevy Chase DC (Contributor)

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Mary McLeod Bethune in Washington, D.C.: Activism and Education in Logan Circle

by Dr. Ida E. Jones Phd (Author), Elizabeth Dr. Clark-Lewis (Foreword)

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Carter G. Woodson in Washington, D.C.: The Father of Black History (American Heritage)

by Pero Gaglo Dagbovie PhD (Author)

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One Night in Washington

by Troy Taylor (Author)

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Sweet Bitter Blues: Washington, DC's Homemade Blues (American Made Music Series)

by Phil Wiggins, Frank Matheis (Authors), Elijah Wald (Foreword)

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Trouble in Lafayette Square: Assassination, Protest & Murder at the White House (Landmarks)

by Gil Klein (Author), John Kelly - Washington Post Metro Columnist (Foreword)

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Cutting Tethers: NYC to Washington D.C.

by Anna Elisabeth Soule (Author)

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