Martha Jefferson

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<span><span>Martha Jefferson</span><span></span><span>is the first and only biography of Thomas Jeffersons greatest love and true kindred spirit, who died an untimely death at the young age of thirty-three in 1782. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sourcesincluding family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes left by Jeffersons famed biographer, Dumas MaloneWilliam G. Hyland Jr. captures the charm, sophistication, and grace, as well as a profound sense of history, of this little known and elusive figure who, until now, has been a mere footnote to the story of Americas founding.<br><br>Hyland brings us a conflicted and honest Martha Jefferson, who endured the Revolution as valiantly as some mendefending her very doorstep from raiding British troopsand presided over the domestic life of the Jeffersons little mountain, Monticello, during her husbands long absences and historic rise to power. A revealing and insightful look at an often overlooked American woman, this book provides a unique and previously unexplored understanding of Americas Revolutionary Era, and the men and women upon whose bravery, talent, and resolve our nation was founded.<br></span></span>

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<span><span>Martha Jefferson</span><span> </span><span>is the first and only biography of Thomas Jefferson¿s greatest love and true kindred spirit, who died an untimely death at the young age of 33 in 1782. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sources, including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes left by Jefferson¿s famed biographer, Dumas Malone, William Hyland captures the charm, sophistication, grace and a profound sense of history of this little known and elusive figure who, until now, has been a mere footnote to the story of America¿s founding. </span></span>

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