{"product_id":"martha-washington-isbn-9780143037132","title":"Martha Washington","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith this revelatory and painstakingly researched book, Martha Washington, the invisible woman of American history, at last gets the biography she deserves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn place of the domestic frump of popular imagination, Patricia Brady resurrects the wealthy, attractive, and vivacious young widow who captivated the youthful George Washington. Here are the able landowner, the indomitable patriot (who faithfully joined her husband each winter at Valley Forge), and the shrewd diplomat and emotional mainstay. And even as it brings Martha Washington into sharper and more accurate focus, this sterling life sheds light on her marriage, her society, and the precedents she established for future First Ladies.Martha Washington\u003cb\u003ePrologue:\u003c\/b\u003e On the Road to History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Patsy Dandridge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo:\u003c\/b\u003e Courtship\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Mrs. Custis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFour:\u003c\/b\u003e The Widow Custis and Colonel Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive:\u003c\/b\u003e Gentry Life at Mount Vernon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix:\u003c\/b\u003e Lady Washington and the American Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven:\u003c\/b\u003e Valley Forge and Eventual Victory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEight:\u003c\/b\u003e Mount Vernon and a New Family\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNine:\u003c\/b\u003e The President's Lady\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTen:\u003c\/b\u003e The Torments of the Second Term\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleven:\u003c\/b\u003e \"Under Their Vine and Under Their Fig Tree\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwelve:\u003c\/b\u003e The Widow Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue:\u003c\/b\u003e The Real Martha Washington\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatricia Brady has a Ph.D. in history from Tulane University and served for twenty years as director of publications at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Her previous books include \u003cb\u003eGeorge Washington's Beautiful Nell\u003c\/b\u003e. She is the recipient of a Mellon fellowship.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300923363557,"sku":"NP9780143037132","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143037132.jpg?v=1767732294","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/martha-washington-isbn-9780143037132","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}