The widow Washington : the life of Mary Washington
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Author
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Biography
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Family.
Washington, Mary Ball, -- 1708-1789.
Widows -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799 -- Family.
Washington, Mary Ball, -- 1708-1789.
Widows -- United States -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Biography of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington's mother. Places her life as an orphan, a young wife in rural Virginia, a slaveholder, a widow, and mother to the first president in the context of the changing economic circumstances and cultural values of colonial Virginia and a young nation"--,Provided by publisher.