Where the Cherry Tree Grew

A biography of Ferry Farm—George Washington's boyhood home—and its three centuries of American history. “Levy’s exploration yields clues to George’s life there, such as whether there really was a cherry tree. . . . A wealth in deliberative detail to contemplate and relish.” — Kirkus Reviews In 2002, Philip Levy arrived on the banks of Rappahannock River in Virginia to begin an archeological excavation of Ferry Farm, the eight-hundred-acre plot of land that George Washington called home from age