Martha Washington An American Life

Name: Martha Washington An American Life
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ISBN: 9780143037132

ISBN-10: 0143037137

ISBN-13: 9780143037132

Edition: N/A

Authors: Patricia Brady

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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.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.43" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Prologue: On the Road to History



Little Patsy Dandridge



Courtship



Young Mrs. Custis



The Widow Custis and Colonel Washington



Gentry Life at Mount Vernon



Lady Washington and the American Revolution



Valley Forge and Eventual Victory



Mount Vernon and a New Family



The President's Lady



The Torments of the Second Term



"Under Their Vine and Under Their Fig Tree"



The Widow Washington


Epilogue: The Real Martha Washington


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index