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Here is the story of the fateful marriage of the richest woman in Virginia and the man who could have been king. In telling their story, Chadwick explains not only their remarkable devotion to each other, but why the wealthiest couple in Virginia became revolutionaries who risked the loss of their vast estates and their very lives.
“One of George Washington’s secret weapons in his rise to power and immortality was the extraordinary woman he married. The story of the half-century-long married love affair of George and Martha Washington is truly inspiring.”
—Willard Sterne Randall, author of George Washington, A Life
“Chadwick puts a more human face on Washington by creating a very detailed portrait of how he and the outgoing Martha lived: their food, their slaves and servants, their health, their furniture, their daily life together.”—USA Today
“One of George Washington’s secret weapons in his rise to power and immortality was the extraordinary woman he married. The story of the half-century-long married love affair of George and Martha Washington is truly inspiring.”
—Willard Sterne Randall, author of George Washington, A Life
“Chadwick puts a more human face on Washington by creating a very detailed portrait of how he and the outgoing Martha lived: their food, their slaves and servants, their health, their furniture, their daily life together.”—USA Today
About the Author
Bruce Chadwick Ph.D.
Bruce Chadwick, Ph.D., lectures in American history at Rutgers University while also teaching writing at New Jersey City University. He is a former journalist and the author of four other historical books: Brother against Brother: The Lost Civil War Diaries of Lt. Edmund Halsey, Two American Presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis 1861-1865, Traveling the Underground Railroad and The Reel Civil War: Mythmaking in American Film. He lives in New Jersey.Table of Contents
The Early Years
Chapter One: George and Martha -
Chapter Two: Colonel Washington -
Chapter Three: The Widow Custis -
Marriage
Chapter Four: The Washingtons at Mount Vernon -
Chapter Five: Martha Washington:
-The Mistress of Mount Vernon -
Chapter Six: The Washingtons in High Society -
Chapter Seven: George, Martha, and the Children -
Chapter Eight: Tragedy and Joy -
Chapter Nine: The Poor Wretches:
-The Washingtons and Slavery -
Chapter Ten: War Clouds: The Revolution -
Chapter Eleven: The Commander in Chief
-and Lady Washington -
Chapter Twelve: The Cambridge Camp -
Chapter Thirteen: The Death of George Washington…-
Chapter Fourteen: The Awful Valley Forge Winter -
Chapter Fifteen: Snowed In: Morristown, 1779–1780 -
Chapter Sixteen: The World Turned Upside Down:
-Yorktown and the End of the Revolution -
Chapter Seventeen: A Long-Awaited Retirement to
-Mount Vernon and a Second Family -
The Presidency
Chapter Eighteen: The First Couple -
Chapter Nineteen: The Much-Admired Washingtons -
Chapter Twenty: First in the Hearts of Their Countrymen:
-The Final Retirement -
Bibliography -
Notes -
Index -
About the Author -
Chapter One: George and Martha -
Chapter Two: Colonel Washington -
Chapter Three: The Widow Custis -
Marriage
Chapter Four: The Washingtons at Mount Vernon -
Chapter Five: Martha Washington:
-The Mistress of Mount Vernon -
Chapter Six: The Washingtons in High Society -
Chapter Seven: George, Martha, and the Children -
Chapter Eight: Tragedy and Joy -
Chapter Nine: The Poor Wretches:
-The Washingtons and Slavery -
Chapter Ten: War Clouds: The Revolution -
Chapter Eleven: The Commander in Chief
-and Lady Washington -
Chapter Twelve: The Cambridge Camp -
Chapter Thirteen: The Death of George Washington…-
Chapter Fourteen: The Awful Valley Forge Winter -
Chapter Fifteen: Snowed In: Morristown, 1779–1780 -
Chapter Sixteen: The World Turned Upside Down:
-Yorktown and the End of the Revolution -
Chapter Seventeen: A Long-Awaited Retirement to
-Mount Vernon and a Second Family -
The Presidency
Chapter Eighteen: The First Couple -
Chapter Nineteen: The Much-Admired Washingtons -
Chapter Twenty: First in the Hearts of Their Countrymen:
-The Final Retirement -
Bibliography -
Notes -
Index -
About the Author -
Reviews
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By every account a happy marriage, the union of George and Martha Washington makes historians unhappy for one practical reason: Martha’s destruction of the marital correspondence. Still, the couple’s fame induced many who met them to record their impressions, producing sources sufficient for Chadwick to write a narrative of their domestic life. Although their match had its practical side (Martha stood at the 1759 nuptials as one of Virginia’s richest persons), it also possessed a compatibility that Chadwick emphasizes. Amiable and unpretentious, Martha filled the role of confidante for her husband, a stoic who rarely let his hair down. George, for his part, seems to have genially stepped into the role of stepfather to Martha’s children from a previous marriage. Attentive to the Washingtons’ domestic details, from schooling to parties to funerals, Chadwick also ensures the reader’s awareness of cultural contexts, such as the legal and social limits on women’s public activity and the derivation of the couple’s wealth from slavery. Readers interested in private lives will enjoy Chadwick’s able synthesis.
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Format: Paperback
Dimensions
Length: 9 in
Width: 6 in
Weight: 21.08 oz
Page Count: 416 pages
Dimensions
Length: 9 in
Width: 6 in
Weight: 21.08 oz
Page Count: 416 pages
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