A perfect union : Dolley Madison and the creation of the American nation / Catherine Allgor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allgor, Catherine, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849.

Madison, Dolley.

Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849--Political and social views.

Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.

Presidents' spouses.

Political and social views.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.

Politics and government.

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.

Latrobe, Benjamin Henry.

Genre:

Biographies.

Authors' autographs.

Physical Description:

x, 493 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Henry Holt & Co., 2006.

Summary:

The post-Revolutionary era comes to life in the vivid, incisive portrait of the early American republic--and its master political architect.

Contents:

A note on names

Prologue

1. Mrs. Madison goes to Washington

2. Meeting Madison

3. Lady about town

4. Social work

5. The merry affair

6. Portrait of a lady

7. Sex, lies, and the election of 1808

8. Lady presidentess

9. Presiding genius

10. "The great centre of attraction"

11. Family matters

12. The Republican Queen

13. Affairs to remember

14. "Mr. Madison's war"

15. Potomac phoenix

16. To home and history

17. Legacies

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-470) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Includes information on projects of Benjamin Henry Latrobe.

Athenaeum copy: Library's copy signed by the author.

ISBN:

0805073272

OCLC:

62290612

Publisher Number:

9780805073270

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