Martha Jefferson: An Intimate Life with Thomas Jefferson

Martha Jefferson: An Intimate Life with Thomas Jefferson

Martha Jefferson is the first and only biography of Thomas Jeffersonâ€™s greatest love and true kindred spirit, who died an untimely death at the young age of thirty-three in 1782. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sourcesâ€”including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes left by Jeffersonâ€™s famed biographer, Dumas Maloneâ€”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 Americaâ€™s founding.

Hyland brings us a conflicted and honest Martha Jefferson, who endured the Revolution as valiantly as some menâ€”defending her very doorstep from raiding British troopsâ€”and presided over the domestic life of the Jeffersonsâ€™ â€œlittle mountain,â€ Monticello, during her husbandâ€™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 Americaâ€™s Revolutionary Era, and the men and women upon whose bravery, talent, and resolve our nation was founded.

Country	USA
Author	William G. Hyland Jr.
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781442239838
ISBN	1442239832
Label	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	310
PublicationDate	2015-02-26
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Studio	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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