A long-lost letter from George Washington hints at the first president’s financial woes, and it is expected to fetch $50,000 at auction.

NOBODY’S PERFECT Alexis Coe examined a small library of books about our first president and noticed something interesting. She writes, "No woman has written an adult biography of George ...

Alexis Coe is the author, most recently, of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington.” The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor.

YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST A Biography of George Washington By Alexis Coe Read by Brittany Pressley. Given that we are now a nation of armchair epidemiologists, it felt eerily relevant to learn ...