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America's first daughter Cover Image Book Book

America's first daughter

Dray, Stephanie (author.). Kamoie, Laura Croghan, (author.).

Summary: 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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  • ISBN: 9780062347268 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 0062347268 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    regular print
    590, 16 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2016.

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General Note:
"P.S. Insights, interviews & more..."--Cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (Pages [589]-590).

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Subject: Randolph, Martha Jefferson -- 1772-1836 -- Fiction
Jefferson, Thomas -- 1743-1826 -- Fiction
Children of presidents -- Fiction
Family secrets -- Fiction
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction
Rich people -- Fiction
Slavery -- Fiction
United States -- History -- 1783-1815 -- Fiction
Genre: Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.

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