Download Full eBooks in PDF
Dolly Madison Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Dolly Madison book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Author : Jane Rothschild Mayer
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105049354256
The story of Dolly Madison is the story of one of the most charming and beloved of American women.
Author : Bruce Chadwick
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781616148362
This revealing new portrait of James and Dolley Madison introduces the reader to America’s first power couple. Using recently uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, among other sources, historian Bruce Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons’ personal and political lives. Chadwick argues that Madison was not a boring, average president, as other historians have characterized him, but a vibrant, tough leader—and a very successful commander in chief in the War of 1812. He contends that Madison, the architect of the Constitution, owed much of his success to the political savvy of his charismatic, much younger wife, whose parties and backdoor politicking make for remarkable stories. And Dolley, through her many social skills, created the dynamic role of First Lady that we know today. Despite their glamorous lifestyle, behind the scenes, the Madisons struggled with family drama: James and Dolley’s constant funding of their charming but sociopathic son’s misadventures ultimately led to their own financial ruin. Blending the personal and the political, this is a fascinating profile of a couple whose life together contributed so much to the future course of our nation.
Author : Catherine Allgor
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805083006
"Delightful and discerning . . . In this evocative study a remarkable woman, creator of the ‘first lady' role, comes vividly to life."—The New York Times When the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere—which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with Britain—Dolley Madison arrived, alongside her husband, James. Within a few years, she had mastered both the social and political intricacies of the city, and by her death in 1849 was the most celebrated person in Washington. And yet, to most Americans, she's best known for saving a portrait from the burning White House. Why did her contemporaries so admire a lady so little known today? In A Perfect Union, acclaimed historian Catherine Allgor reveals how Dolley manipulated the contstraints of her gender to construct an American democratic ruling style and to achieve her husband's political goals. By emphasizing cooperation over coercion—building bridges instead of bunkers—she left us with not only an important story about our past but a model for a modern form of politics.
Author : Mary Estelle Elizabeth Cutts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Historiography
ISBN : UCSD:31822039382148
Dolley Madison left behind no written account of her life, so her niece Mary Cutts' memoir is the closest we have to Madison's autobiographical voice. With this annotated transcription of both drafts of the memoir, this book offers a contextualized version of this crucial piece of Founding-era biography. An opening essay presents the memoir not only as a source for information on Madison herself, but also as a prime example of a nineteenth-century woman, Mary Cutts, making a bid for historical significance. Other essays evaluate the historical uses and misuses of the document for understanding Dolley's life and supply background information on Mary. The questions raised by Cutts's memoir are intriguing: Given that most of the story takes place before Cutts's birth, whose voice are we hearing? What are we to make of the lies and omissions along the way? What family secrets is Cutts hiding, and whose are they?
Author : Holly Shulman,David Mattern
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0823957497
Surveys the life of First Lady Dolley Madison, wife of the fourth president, who was renowned as a hostess, a lady of fashion, and a heroine of the War of 1812.
Author : Catherine Allgor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429980558
First Lady of the United States and America's "Queen of Hearts," Dolley Madison fashioned an unofficial role for herself in the new administration of the United States, helping to answer the nation's need for ceremony and leaving footprints for centuries of presidential wives to follow. Assisting her husband, James Madison, she helped to promote national unity, modeling a political behavior that stressed civility and empathy. Together, their approach fueled bipartisanship in a country still assembling a political identity. About the Lives of American Women series: selected and edited by renowned women's historian Carol Berkin, these brief biographies are designed for use in undergraduate courses. Rather than a comprehensive approach, each biography focuses instead on a particular aspect of a women's life that is emblematic of her time, or which made her a pivotal figure in the era. The emphasis is on a 'good read', featuring accessible writing and compelling narratives, without sacrificing sound scholarship and academic integrity. Primary sources at the end of each biography reveal the subject's perspective in her own words. Study questions and an annotated bibliography support the student reader.
Author : Don Brown
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547349046
Dolley was a farm girl who became a fine first lady when she married James Madison. She wore beautiful dresses, decorated her home, and threw lavish parties. Everyone talked about Dolley, and everyone loved her, too. Then war arrived at her doorstep, and Dolley had to meet challenges greater than she’d ever known. So Dolley did one thing she thought might make a difference: she saved George Washington. Not the man himself, but a portrait of him, which would surely have been destroyed by English soldiers. Don Brown once again deftly tells a little known story about a woman who made a significant contribution to American history.
Author : Dolly Madison
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1887-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
One of our most remarkable First Ladies and Americans, here is Dolly Madison in her own words. This long-forgotten, out-of-print volume is now available for the first time for Kindle. Read her loving correspondence with her husband, James Madison, and her many famous friends like Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Her fire and humor are all on display here in a collection edited in 1886 by her grand-niece. Her birth registry gives her name as "Dolley" but she signed her letters and will as Dolly. Regrettably, like many of her background, was a slave owner nearly to the end of her life and after her husband's death, fell into poverty. She eventually had to sell the family plantation and all her remaining slaves. Daniel Webster bought her former butler and gave him his freedom. He asked the butler to purchase anything in the market that he thought Dolly might want or need and take it to her at Webster's expense. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE or download a sample.
Author : Ella K. Barnard
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547163930
The following book is a brief biography of Dolley Todd Madison, the wife of James Madison, the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. She was noted for holding Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation. Previously, founders such as Thomas Jefferson would only meet with members of one party at a time, and politics could often be a violent affair resulting in physical altercations and even duels. Madison helped to create the idea that members of each party could amicably socialize, network, and negotiate with each other without violence. By innovating political institutions as the wife of James Madison, Dolley Madison did much to define the role of the President's spouse, known only much later by the title first lady—a function she had sometimes performed earlier for the widowed Thomas Jefferson.
Author : Zachary A. Kent
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766033562
"Explores the life of Dolley Madison, including her Quaker childhood, her marriage to James Madison, her political life as First Lady, and her legacy in American history"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Amie Jane Leavitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Presidents' spouses
ISBN : 1624691706
Dolley Madison was considered the first First Lady of the United States. Even before her husband James Madison took office, Dolley was White House hostess for the widowed Thomas Jefferson. Known for her personality and style, she hosted dinners and gatherings in a White House that she decorated. She held the nation's first Inaugural Ball. She convinced her husband to start inviting members of Congress from both political parties to social events. During the War of 1812, when the British advanced to burn Washington, she stayed long enough to rescue a portrait of George Washington. When the British left, she helped convince the nation to rebuild its capital in Washington. Find out how this first First Lady defined the role for future women to follow.
Author : Lynda Pflueger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0766010929
This book traces the life of the wife of James Madison, the fourth United States president and the Father of the Constitution. Famous for rescuing important paintings from the White House when it was burned by the British in 1814, Mrs. Madison's courage and influence has been a model for all First Ladies. Author Lynda Pflueger examines Mrs. Madison's Quaker upbringing, her family life, her role as hostess for President Thomas Jefferson, and her strong influence in establishing the role of First Lady in presidential and national affairs.
Author : Libby Carty McNamee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1732220247
Dolley Madison is the target when America declares war on Great Britain and enemy soldiers march into Washington City. How can she save the United States and herself?
Author : Robert Quackenbush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0945912188
A fact-filled short biography of James & Dolley Madison with many interesting bits about their personal lives.
Author : Roger Smalley
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736849726
Recounts the story of how Dolley Madison became First Lady of the United States and how she saved historical items from the White House during the War of 1812.