| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
617 pages (large print) : genealogical table ; 23 cm. |
| Physical Medium |
large print (16 point) rda |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs |
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Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-613). |
| Summary |
Tilar J. Mazzeo's comprehensive and riveting biography describes the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and a powerful, unsung hero in America's early days. Eliza was a strong pioneer woman, a loving sister, a caring mother, and in her later years, a generous philanthropist. From her upbringing in New York to her married life and beyond, this captivating account reveals the woman behind the famous man. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Best of wives, best of women -- Home on the Hudson, 1751-65 -- Fine frontier ladies, 1765-74 -- First romances, 1775-77 -- Angelica, 1777 -- Hamilton, 1778-80 -- The Winter Ball, 1780 -- All the girls together-- and Peggy, 1780-81 -- Peggy, 1781-84 -- New York, 1785-88 -- Family indiscretions, 1789 -- Speculation, 1790-91 -- The affair, 1791-92 -- Reprieve, 1793-95 -- The scandal, 1796-97 -- A Roman wife, 1797-1802 -- The duel, 1804 -- The widow, 1805-06 -- Legacies, 1807-27 -- Twilight, 1827-36 -- Last adventures, 1837-54. |
| Subject |
Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 -- Family.
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Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. (OCoLC)fst00031768
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Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler, 1757-1854. (OCoLC)fst00394874
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Politicians' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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Large type books.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.
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HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800).
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
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Politicians' spouses. (OCoLC)fst01069950
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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| ISBN |
9781432856274 (large print : hardback) |
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1432856278 (large print : hardback) |
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