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
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 Reviews
<i>...exhaustively researched...should enhance further study of the role of Freemasonry in American society. H.M. Ward, University of Richmond</i>
Choice Reviews
<i>"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.</i>
- John David Bladek, The Virginia Magazine