America's first daughter / Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie.
Record details
- ISBN: 0062347268
- ISBN: 9780062347268
- ISBN: 0062347268 : PAP
- ISBN: 9780062347268 (softcover)
- ISBN: 0062347268 (softcover)
- Physical Description: 590, 16 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary, etc.: | As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, Patsy becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death. She travels with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris that Patsy learns about her father's liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has fallen in love with her father's protégé William Short, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Her choices will follow her in the years to come, and as scandal, tragedy, and poverty threaten her family Patsy must decide how much she will sacrifice to protect her father's reputation. |
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Subject: | Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 > Fiction. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Fiction. Children of presidents > Fiction. |
Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. |
Available copies
- 15 of 27 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at John P. Webster Library - West Hartford.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 27 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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John P. Webster Library - West Hartford | PS 3604 .R39 A84 2016 (Text) | 30401141553127 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |