The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers Paperback - 2010
by Fleming, Thomas
- Used
Description
Details
- Title The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers
- Author Fleming, Thomas
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, NY USA
- Date 2010-11-09
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5974768-6
- ISBN 9780061139130 / 0061139130
- Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 8.12 x 5.28 x 0.83 in (20.62 x 13.41 x 2.11 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Library of Congress subjects Statesmen - United States, Founding Fathers of the United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, notedhistorian Thomas Fleming examines the relationships between theFounding Fathers and the women who were at the center of theirlives. They were the mothers who powerfully shaped their sons'visions of domestic life, from hot-tempered Mary Ball Washington to promiscuous Rachel Lavien, Hamilton's mother. Lovers and wives played even more critical roles. We learn of the youthful Washington's tortured love for the coquettish Sarah Fairfax, a close friend's wife; of Franklin's two "wives," one in London and one in Philadelphia; of how lonely, deeply unhappy Abigail kept home and family togetherfor years on end during Adams's long absences; of Hamilton's adulterous betrayal of his wife and their eventual reconciliation; of how the brilliant Madison, jilted by a flirtatious fifteen-year-old, went on to marry the effervescent Dolley, who helped make this shy man into a popular president. Jefferson's controversial relationshipwith Sally Hemings is also examined, reinterpreting where his heart truly lay.
