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works</a>, <a href="/subjects/description_and_travel">Description and travel</a>, <a href="/subjects/white_house_(washington_d.c.)">White House (Washington, D.C.)</a> </span> </div> <div class="contentQuarter link-box link-box--with-header"> <h3 class="black collapse uppercase">Places</h3> <span class="subject"> <a href="/subjects/place:united_states">United States</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:maryland">Maryland</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:washington_(d.c.).">Washington (D.C.).</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:new_york_(state)">New York (State)</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:washington_region">Washington Region</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:d.c._washington">D.C. Washington</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:georgetown_(washington_d.c.)">Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:new_york">New York</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:new_york_(n.y.)">New York (N.Y.)</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:california">California</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:france">France</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:washington_metropolitan_area">Washington Metropolitan Area</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:illinois">Illinois</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:delaware">Delaware</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:capitol_hill_(washington_d.c.)">Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.)</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:texas">Texas</a>, <a href="/subjects/place:potomac_river">Potomac River</a> </span> </div> <div class="contentQuarter link-box link-box--with-header"> <h3 class="black collapse uppercase">People</h3> <span class="subject"> <a href="/subjects/person:abraham_lincoln_(1809-1865)">Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:george_washington_(1732-1799)">George Washington (1732-1799)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:eleanor_roosevelt_(1884-1962)">Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:john_f._kennedy_(1917-1963)">John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:thomas_jefferson_(1743-1826)">Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:lyndon_b._johnson_(1908-1973)">Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:martin_luther_king_jr._(1929-1968)">Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:alex_cross_(fictitious_character)">Alex Cross (Fictitious character)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:franklin_d._roosevelt_(1882-1945)">Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)</a>, <a href="/subjects/person:theodore_roosevelt_(1858-1919)">Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)</a> </span> </div> <div class="contentQuarter link-box link-box--with-header"> <h3 class="black collapse uppercase">Times</h3> <span class="subject"> <a href="/subjects/time:20th_century">20th century</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:19th_century">19th century</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:civil_war_1861-1865">Civil War, 1861-1865</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:capture_by_the_british_1814">Capture by the British, 1814</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:to_1878">To 1878</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:war_of_1812">War of 1812</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:1995-">1995-</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:1951-">1951-</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:1967-">1967-</a>, <a href="/subjects/time:1878-1967">1878-1967</a> </span> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> <div id="resultsAuthors" class="widget-box"> <div class="head"> <h3>Prolific Authors</h3> <div class="smallest lightgreen sansserif">who have written the most books on this subject</div> </div> <div class="unordered"> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4657773A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia</a>, </span> <span class="count">379 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4528955A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia</a>, </span> <span class="count">203 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL343715A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia.</a>, </span> <span class="count">170 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4529419A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House</a>, </span> <span class="count">156 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4489781A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. General Accounting Office</a>, </span> <span class="count">120 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL449901A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">National Gallery of Art (U.S.)</a>, </span> <span class="count">96 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL1416316A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations.</a>, </span> <span class="count">81 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4521848A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations</a>, </span> <span class="count">65 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4610079A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate</a>, </span> <span class="count">64 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL43203A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs.</a>, </span> <span class="count">61 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL50352A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. National Park Service.</a>, </span> <span class="count">56 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL18485A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States</a>, </span> <span class="count">54 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL19454A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Library of Congress</a>, </span> <span class="count">50 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL43204A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.</a>, </span> <span class="count">48 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4595462A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a>, </span> <span class="count">48 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL2154806A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Library of Congress. Manuscript Division</a>, </span> <span class="count">46 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL20680A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">Margaret Truman</a>, </span> <span class="count">41 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL173305A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">District of Columbia.</a>, </span> <span class="count">40 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL488224A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs and Health.</a>, </span> <span class="count">39 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL296429A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia.</a>, </span> <span class="count">38 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4522961A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations</a>, </span> <span class="count">33 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL22258A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">James Patterson</a>, </span> <span class="count">31 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4611020A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform</a>, </span> <span class="count">31 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL605976A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration.</a>, </span> <span class="count">31 books</span> <br/> <span class="tag"> <a href="/authors/OL4523023A" title="See more books by, and learn about, this author">United States. Congress. Senate. 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