James And Dolley Madison

Author : David A. Adler,Michael S. Adler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Picture books for children
ISBN : 0823420094

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A Picture Book of Dolley and James Madison by David A. Adler,Michael S. Adler Pdf

Known as the Father of the Constitution, James Madison served two terms as the fourth president, from 1809 until 1817. Determined that all Americans be treated fairly, he devised our three branches of government and drafted the Bill of Rights. When the British set fire to Washington D.C. in 1814, his wife Dolley saved one of our country's greatest treasures, a portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart which now hangs in the Smithsonian Institution, before fleeing for her life.

Author : Ruth Ashby
Publisher : World Almanac Education
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836857631

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James & Dolley Madison by Ruth Ashby Pdf

Discusses the personal and political life of James and Dolley Madison and how they came to rely on each other.

Author : Bruce Chadwick
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781616148362

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James and Dolley Madison by Bruce Chadwick Pdf

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 : Dolly Madison
Publisher : BIG BYTE BOOKS
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1887-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison by Dolly Madison Pdf

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 : Don Brown
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547349046

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Dolley Madison Saves George Washington by Don Brown Pdf

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 : Bruce Chadwick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781616148355

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James and Dolley Madison by Bruce Chadwick Pdf

In this comprehensive biography of James and Dolley Madison, historian Bruce Chadwick introduces the reader to America's first power couple. Using newly uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons' personal and political lives. Based on this archive, the author argues that our fourth president--the architect of the Constitution--owed much of his success to the political savvy of his wife. And Dolley, through her many social skills, created the dynamic role of First Lady that we know today. Within the new historical papers are remarkable stories of Dolley's parties and her backdoor politicking. Their letters show Madison not as a boring, average president--as some historians have maintained--but as a vibrant, tough leader, a very successful commander in chief who changed America. These documents also help to paint a searing portrait of the Madisons' struggles with their irresponsible son and outline how their lifelong funding of his whims brought about their own demise. Blending the personal and the political, this is a fascinating portrait of a couple whose life together contributed so much to the future course of our nation.

Author : Robert Quackenbush
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0945912188

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James Madison & Dolley Madison and Their Times by Robert Quackenbush Pdf

A fact-filled short biography of James & Dolley Madison with many interesting bits about their personal lives.

Author : Catherine Allgor
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805083006

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A Perfect Union by Catherine Allgor Pdf

"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 : Paul Jennings
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1865
Category : Enslaved persons' writings, American
ISBN : CHI:18873864

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A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madison by Paul Jennings Pdf

Author : Dolley Madison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Presidents' spouses
ISBN : HARVARD:32044029903200

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Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison by Dolley Madison Pdf

Author : Jane Hampton Cook
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621575498

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The Burning of the White House by Jane Hampton Cook Pdf

A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

Author : Jeff Broadwater
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780807869918

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James Madison by Jeff Broadwater Pdf

James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madison's role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander in chief, and his views on slavery. From Broadwater's perspective, no single figure can tell us more about the origins of the American republic than our fourth president. In these pages, Madison emerges as a remarkably resilient politician, an unlikely wartime leader who survived repeated setbacks in the War of 1812 with his popularity intact. Yet Broadwater shows that despite his keen intelligence, the more Madison thought about one issue, race, the more muddled his thinking became, and his conviction that white prejudices were intractable prevented him from fully grappling with the dilemma of American slavery.

Author : Ralph Louis Ketcham,Ralph Ketcham
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0813912652

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James Madison by Ralph Louis Ketcham,Ralph Ketcham Pdf

Utilizing the vast amount of source material made available in the last 30 years, Professor Ketcham has captured the essential man in his times and in doing so has made him understandable for us in our own day. --Los Angeles Times

Author : Catherine Allgor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780429980558

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Dolley Madison by Catherine Allgor Pdf

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 : Lynne Cheney
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780698163454

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James Madison by Lynne Cheney Pdf

A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New York Times bestselling author Lynne Cheney Lin-Manuel Miranda's play "Hamilton" has reignited interest in the founding fathers; it features James Madison among its vibrant cast of characters. This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the world. Among the Founding Fathers, Madison was a true genius of the early republic. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution and crucial to its ratification. His visionary political philosophy and rationale for the union of states—so eloquently presented in The Federalist papers—helped shape the country Americans live in today. Along with Thomas Jefferson, Madison would found the first political party in the country’s history—the Democratic Republicans. As Jefferson’s secretary of state, he managed the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the United States. As president, Madison led the country in its first war under the Constitution, the War of 1812. Without precedent to guide him, he would demonstrate that a republic could defend its honor and independence—and remain a republic still.