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Martha washington: an american life

By Brady , Patricia

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Year
2014
ISBN
9781101118818, 1101118814
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
511 kB (522903 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
History;HISTORY--United States--Revolutionary Peri

Description

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.

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