Description
Book SynopsisThis book, a product of collaboration and cooperation between two non-Masonic historians and the Grand Lodge of Virginia, is an objective, comprehensive study of the history of Freemasonry in the state of Virginia.
Trade ReviewThe book's strength lies not in its myth busting...but in Rutyna and Stewart's highly detailed study of the membership and organization of the Masonic lodges in the Commonwealth of Virginia. -- John David Bladek * The Virginia Magazine *
This meticulous history of Virginia's Freemasonry from its beginnings in the eighteenth century into the 1990s indicates that individual Masons played a fundamental role in Virginia's important political moments and controversies. . . * Journal of Southern History *
...exhaustively researched...should enhance further study of the role of Freemasonry in American society. H.M. Ward, University of Richmond> * CHOICE *
...exhaustively researched...should enhance further study of the role of Freemasonry in American society. H.M. Ward, University of Richmond * CHOICE *
"The book's strength lies not in its myth busting...but in Rutyna and Stewart's highly detailed study of the membership and organization of the Masonic lodges in the Commonwealth of Virginia. -- John David Bladek * The Virginia Magazine *
