The Widow Washington
The Life of Mary Washington
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xix, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"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.
Contents:
Mary Ball Washington : like mother, like son -- A child in the Chesapeake -- A generation of orphans -- Bruising the small spirit -- Mary, her kin, and her books -- Mary Ball, Augustine Washington, and Matthew Hale -- Wife and mother -- People and property at the Ferry Farm -- "As sparks fly upward" -- The widow Washington -- Single mother -- Mary's stewardship : scraping by -- Mid-century : a wedding, a murder, a family death -- Mary and George's Seven Years War -- Between the wars : kin, consumption, conflict -- The Revolution : a family affair -- The endless Revolution : wartime virtue, wartime woe -- Mary's war ends -- "You must one day fade" -- Epilogue: An uneasy afterlife.
Subjects:
Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Family.
Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Widows -- United States -- Biography.
Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography.
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Family.
Mothers of presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Widows -- United States -- Biography.
Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography.
Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
ISBN:
9780809097012 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Washington, Mary Ball | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
BIOGRAPHY Washington, Mary Ball | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Biography | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-340) and index.