| Description |
276 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-266) and index. |
| Contents |
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 team -- "Under their vine and under their fig tree" -- The widow Washington -- The real Martha Washington. |
| Subject |
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0670034304 |
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