Order of Alexis Coe Books

Alexis Coe is a historian who auther the book, You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George of Washington. Her expertise in that field lead to her being a talking head on the History Channel series Washington. She is also the host of “No Man’s Land” from The Wing/Pineapple.

She is also the author of Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis, a true crime story which has been optioned for film. Coe has seen her work appear in The Best American Essays and The Best American Travel Essays. She has also written for The New Yorker, the New York Times’ opinion section, the New York Times Magazine, and the New Republic.

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

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You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington is Coe’s myth-crushing book that tackles history with a dash of humor. The book tells of a young George Washington who was raised by his single mother. He never backed down as he demanded military promotions and caused an international incident. His life would change when he married Martha and he became the kind of man who hated to leave home. The win in the Revolutionary War cast him as a hero and he was pressured to run for president. However, he retired heartbroken over the partisan nightmare that was his backstabbing cabinet. In the final years of his life, Washington must contend with what do with the men, women, and children he owns.

Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis tells of an 1892 America that was obsessed with a teenage murderess. Alice Mitchell, a nineteen-year-old, had plans to pass as a man in order to marry her seventeen-year-old fiancee Freda until their love letters were discovered. Freda manage to adjust to the change, but Alice was left heartbroken and turned to murder.