Description
Explore the sordid side of Northern Virginia history. Behind the bucolic plantation estates of Northern Virginia lies a history of scandal. The region has a rotating cast of greedy supervisors, vain senators, and party bosses. The Aryan Nation once flooded the streets of Arlington. Infamous floating brothels once sailed the Potomac. Even George Washington’s death at his historic estate outside the capital is shrouded in mystery. Join journalist and author Michael Lee Pope as he serves a cookie full of arsenic on a cold platter of revenge.
Michael Lee Pope is an award-winning journalist who lives in Old Town Alexandria. He has reported for the Alexandria Gazette Packet and NPR’s WAMU 88.5 News. A native of Moultrie, Georgia, he grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and graduated from high school in Tampa, Florida. He has a master’s degree in American studies from Florida State University, and he lives in the Yates Gardens neighborhood.
- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: The History Press (2014)
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