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Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
x, 493 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic-and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with Britain in 1812, Dolley Madison arrived, alongside her...
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Dolley Madison lived through two wars, knew the first twelve Presidents, and watched America evolve from a struggling young republic to the first modern democracy in the world. At a time when women could neither vote nor participate officially in politics, Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president James Madison, became one of the most influential and best loved figures of her day. When she died in 1849 at the age of 81-- one of the last remaining...
Author
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A biography of Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president of the United States, from her Quaker childhood to her roles as a hostess for Thomas Jefferson, First Lady, and heroine in the War of 1812.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dolley Madison had a strong will and unique personality that made her one of the most memorable First Ladies. From hosting parties for Washington D.C.'s social and political elite to saving a portrait of George Washington before the British burned down the White House in the War of 1812, Dolley did it all!"--
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xxiii, 304 p. :hardcover ill., map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of a former slave to James and Dolley Madison, tracing his early years on their plantation, his service in the White House household staff and post-emancipation achievements as a memoirist.Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give...
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and times of Dolley Madison and how she saved George Washington's portrait during the British capture of Washington (D.C.) in 1814.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
450 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Using newly uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons' personal and political lives. Based on this archive, the author argues that our fourth president--the architect of the Constitution--owed much of his success to the political savvy of his wife. And Dolley, through her many social skills, created the dynamic role of First Lady that we know today"--
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm
Language
English
Description
Behind every great man stands a great woman. And behind that great woman stands a slave. Or so it was in the households of the Founding Fathers from Virginia, where slaves worked and suffered throughout the domestic environments of the era, from Mount Vernon, Monticello, and Montpelier to the nation's capital. American icons like Martha Washington, Martha Jefferson, and Dolley Madison were all slaveholders. And as Marie Jenkins Schwartz uncovers in...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of the burning of Washington by the British during the Revolution, told from the viewpoint of Paul Jennings, a fifteen-year-old slave belonging to President Madison and his wife, Dolley.
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