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The intimate lives of the founding fathers /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Smithsonian Books, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 456 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061139123
  • 0061139122
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.3092/2 B 22
LOC classification:
  • E302.5 .F54 2009
Contents:
GEORGE WASHINGTON: The agonies of honor -- Partner in love and life -- From great to somebody to Lady Washington -- The other George Washington scandals -- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: The sins of the father -- The oldest revolultionary -- "Mon Cher" papa -- JOHN ADAMS: An amorous puritan finds a wife -- Portia's dubious diplomat -- Second banana blues -- Party of two -- Remembering some other ladies -- ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Bastard son and wary lover -- The woman in the middle -- Love's secret triumph -- THOMAS JEFFERSON: Romantic voyager -- The traumas of happiness -- Head versus heart -- The wages of fame -- If Jefferson is wrong, is America wrong? -- JAMES MADISON: A shy genius makes a conquest -- Partners in fame -- How to save a country -- The erosion of Jefferson's image in the American mind.
Summary: An intimate look at the founders--George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison--and the women who played essential roles in their lives.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 973.3 FLE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 34517000226756

Includes bibliographical references (p. 417-437) and index.

GEORGE WASHINGTON: The agonies of honor -- Partner in love and life -- From great to somebody to Lady Washington -- The other George Washington scandals -- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: The sins of the father -- The oldest revolultionary -- "Mon Cher" papa -- JOHN ADAMS: An amorous puritan finds a wife -- Portia's dubious diplomat -- Second banana blues -- Party of two -- Remembering some other ladies -- ALEXANDER HAMILTON: Bastard son and wary lover -- The woman in the middle -- Love's secret triumph -- THOMAS JEFFERSON: Romantic voyager -- The traumas of happiness -- Head versus heart -- The wages of fame -- If Jefferson is wrong, is America wrong? -- JAMES MADISON: A shy genius makes a conquest -- Partners in fame -- How to save a country -- The erosion of Jefferson's image in the American mind.

An intimate look at the founders--George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison--and the women who played essential roles in their lives.

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