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The Washingtons : George and Martha, "join'd by friendship, crown'd by love"
- Title
- The Washingtons : George and Martha, "join'd by friendship, crown'd by love" / Flora Fraser.
- Author
- Fraser, Flora
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 440 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 25 cm
- Summary
- "A full-scale portrait of the marriage of the father and mother of our country--and of the struggle for independence that he led"--Dust jacket flap.
- Subjects
- United States
- Generals
- Generals' spouses
- Presidents' spouses
- Presidents
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Biography
- Marriage
- Generals > United States > Biography
- American Revolution (1775-1783)
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 > Marriage
- History
- Generals' spouses > United States > Biography
- Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography
- Biographies
- Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 > Marriage
- United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Biography
- Presidents > United States > Biography
- 1775 - 1783
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- History.
- Note
- "Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing, London, in 2015"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-419) and index.
- Contents
- Casting lots for his garments, July 1802 -- The colonel and his lady, 1758-1775. Colonial colonel ; Dandridge's daughter ; North and south ; Mount Vernon, Fairfax County ; Family affairs ; Acts and associations ; Fevers and physicians ; The schooling of Jacky Custis ; Death and adjustment ; Continental Army -- The General and Lady Washington, 1775-1783. Taking command, 1775 ; Besieging Boston, 1775-1776 ; New York and Philadelphia, 1776 ; Retreat to the Delaware, 1776-1777 ; Morristown and Brandywine, 1777 ; Valley Forge, 1777-1778 ; Philadelphia and Middlebrook, New Jersey, 1778-1779 ; The hard winter : Morristown, 1779-1780 ; Home and headquarters, 1780-1781 ; Victory on the York and private grief, 1781 ; Uncertainty and disaffection, 1781-1783 ; Peace on the Hudson, 1783 -- After the War, 1784-1802. Mount Vernon, 1784-1786 ; Conventions and elections, 1787-1789 ; New York houses, 1789-1790 ; Market Street, Philadelphia, 1790-1793 ; Second term, 1793-1797 ; Retirement, 1797-1798 ; The death of a president, 1799 ; Dissolution, 1799-1802.
- Call Number
- IBM 15-6929
- ISBN
- 9780307272782 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0307272788 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780307474438 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0307474437 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781101875858 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014045521
- OCLC
- 902801587
- Author
- Fraser, Flora, author.
- Title
- The Washingtons : George and Martha, "join'd by friendship, crown'd by love" / Flora Fraser.
- Publisher
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-419) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1775 - 1783
- Research Call Number
- IBM 15-6929