The Washingtons
Subtitle: George and Martha, "join'd by friendship, crown'd by love"
By: Flora Fraser
Edition: First United States edition.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780307474438; 9780307272782
Subjects: Generals; Marriage; Presidents' spouses; Presidents; American Revolution (1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668; Generals' spouses; Biography; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-419) and index.
Table of contents: title: Book one: The colonel and his lady, 1758-1775; title: Colonial colonel; title: Dandridge's daughter; title: North and south; title: Mount Vernon, Fairfax County; title: Family affairs; title: Acts and associations; title: Fevers and physicians; title: The schooling of Jacky Custis; title: Death and adjustment; title: Continental Army; title: Book two: The general and Lady Washington, 1775-1783; title: Taking command, 1775; title: Besieging Boston, 1775-1776; title: New York and Philadelphia, 1776; title: Retreat to the Delaware, 1776-1777; title: Morristown and Brandywine, 1777; title: Valley Forge, 1777-1778; title: Philadelphia and Middlebrook, New Jersey, 1778-1779; title: The hard winter: Morristown, 1779-1780; title: Home and headquarters, 1780-1781; title: Victory on the York and private grief, 1781; title: Uncertainty and disaffection, 1781-1783; title: Peace on the Hudson, 1783; title: Book three: After the war, 1784-1802; title: Mount Vernon, 1784-1786; title: Conventions and elections, 1787-1789; title: New York houses, 1789-1790; title: Market Street, Philadelphia, 1790-1793; title: Second term, 1793-1797; title: Retirement, 1797-1798; title: The death of a president, 1799; title: Dissolution, 1799-1802.