Martha Washington

Informationen zum Autor Patricia Brady Klappentext In her superb new biography! Brady draws on a vast array of primary sources to reconstruct the daily texture of the Washingtons' marriage as well as the nuances of Martha's character. Zusammenfassung With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book! Martha Washington ! the invisible woman of American history! at last gets the biography she deserves. In place of the domestic frump of popular imagination! Patricia Brady resurrects the wealthy! attractive! and vivacious young widow who captivated the youthful George Washington. Here are the able landowner! the indomitable patriot (who faithfully joined her husband each winter at Valley Forge)! and the shrewd diplomat and emotional mainstay. And even as it brings Martha Washington into sharper and more accurate focus! this sterling life sheds light on her marriage! her society! and the precedents she established for future First Ladies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Martha Washington Prologue: On the Road to History One: Little Patsy Dandridge Two: Courtship Three: Young Mrs. Custis Four: The Widow Custis and Colonel Washington Five: Gentry Life at Mount Vernon Six: Lady Washington and the American Revolution Seven: Valley Forge and Eventual Victory Eight: Mount Vernon and a New Family Nine: The President's Lady Ten: The Torments of the Second Term Eleven: "Under Their Vine and Under Their Fig Tree" Twelve: The Widow Washington Epilogue: The Real Martha Washington Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

Autorentext
Patricia Brady

Klappentext
In her superb new biography, Brady draws on a vast array of primary sources to reconstruct the daily texture of the Washingtons' marriage as well as the nuances of Martha's character.

Zusammenfassung
With this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves. In place of the domestic frump of popular imagination, Patricia Brady resurrects the wealthy, attractive, and vivacious young widow who captivated the youthful George Washington. Here are the able landowner, the indomitable patriot (who faithfully joined her husband each winter at Valley Forge), and the shrewd diplomat and emotional mainstay. And even as it brings Martha Washington into sharper and more accurate focus, this sterling life sheds light on her marriage, her society, and the precedents she established for future First Ladies.

Inhalt
Martha WashingtonPrologue: On the Road to History
One: Little Patsy Dandridge
Two: Courtship
Three: Young Mrs. Custis
Four: The Widow Custis and Colonel Washington
Five: Gentry Life at Mount Vernon
Six: Lady Washington and the American Revolution
Seven: Valley Forge and Eventual Victory
Eight: Mount Vernon and a New Family
Nine: The President's Lady
Ten: The Torments of the Second Term
Eleven: "Under Their Vine and Under Their Fig Tree"
Twelve: The Widow Washington
Epilogue: The Real Martha Washington
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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