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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143037137
ISBN-139780143037132
eBay Product ID (ePID)51064490
Product Key Features
Book TitleMartha Washington : an American Life
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicWomen, United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPatricia Brady
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.3 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsPat Brady rectifies history's omission in this informative and entertaining biography of the first First Lady. (Cokie Roberts, author of "Founding Mothers") Splendid... a compelling new portrait of a woman and her time. ("The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"), Pat Brady rectifies historys omission in this informative and entertaining biography of the first First Lady. (Cokie Roberts, author of "Founding Mothers") Splendid... a compelling new portrait of a woman and her time. ("The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"), Pat Brady rectifies history’s omission in this informative and entertaining biography of the first First Lady. (Cokie Roberts, author of Founding Mothers) Splendid... a compelling new portrait of a woman and her time. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal973.4/1/092 B
Table Of ContentMartha 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
SynopsisWith 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., 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.
