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Martha Jefferson : an intimate life with Thomas Jefferson
- Title
- Martha Jefferson : an intimate life with Thomas Jefferson / William G. Hyland Jr.
- Author
- Hyland, William G., Jr., 1956-
- Publication
- Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London: Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | IG 15-2469 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xv, 293 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- Martha Jefferson is the first and only biography of Thomas Jefferson's greatest love and true kindred spirit, who died an untimely death at the young ago of thirty-three in 1782. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sources--including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes left by Jefferson's famed biographer, Dumas Malone--William G. Hyland Jr. captures the charm, sophistication, and grace, as well as a profound sense of history, of this little-known and elusive figure, who until now, has been a mere footnote to the story of America's founding. Hyland brings us a conflicted and honest Martha Jefferson, who endured the Revolution as valiantly as some men--defending her very doorstep from raiding British troops--and presided over the domestic life of the Jefferson's "little mountain," Monticello, during her husband's long absences and historic rise to power. A revealing and insightful look at an often overlooked American woman, this book provides a unique and previously unexplored understanding of America's Revolutionary Era, and the men and women upon whose bravery, talent, and resolve our nation was founded.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue -- Influences -- The Forest -- John Wayles -- The young widow -- Thomas Jefferson -- True love -- Marriage -- Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson -- Slavery and domestic life -- Patsy and Polly -- Death -- The Governor's Palace -- War -- Mistress of Monticello -- "A promise" -- Suicide -- Paris -- Epilogue: John Wayles and Betty Hemings.
- Call Number
- IG 15-2469
- ISBN
- 9781442239838
- 1442239832
- 9781442239845 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014021736
- OCLC
- 905879641
- Author
- Hyland, William G., Jr., 1956- author.
- Title
- Martha Jefferson : an intimate life with Thomas Jefferson / William G. Hyland Jr.
- Publisher
- Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London: Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-280) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IG 15-2469