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Martha Jefferson
Hyland, William G., Jr.
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Description for Martha Jefferson
Martha Jefferson is the first and only biography of Thomas Jefferson's greatest love and true kindred spirit. Drawing on a wealth of newly probed sources, including family letters, documents, and the handwritten notes, William Hyland captures the charm, sophistication, grace and a profound sense of history of this little known and elusive figure. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 606.
Martha Jefferson 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 thirty-three 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 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 America’s founding. Hyland brings us a conflicted and honest Martha Jefferson, who endured the Revolution as valiantly as some men—defending her very doorstep from raiding British troops—and presided over the domestic life of the Jeffersons’ “little mountain,” Monticello, during her husband’s 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 America’s Revolutionary Era, and the men and women upon whose bravery, talent, and resolve our nation was founded.
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Number of Pages
310
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442239838
SKU
V9781442239838
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About Hyland, William G., Jr.
William G. Hyland Jr., a professor of law at Stetson University and practicing attorney, is the author of In Defense of Thomas Jefferson: The Sally Hemings Sex Scandal, and Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson: The Life of Dumas Malone.
Reviews for Martha Jefferson
Very little has been known about Martha Wayles Jefferson. William Hyland has changed that by successfully combining what was known with what had been forgotten or overlooked and then placing her with the people she knew and the places she visited. A heart-warming story that is enlightening and easy to read.
White McKenzie Wallenborn, M.D., Former President of the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society Martha Jefferson was the most important person in Thomas Jefferson’s life. William Hyland’s insightful portrait tells us how this little understood fact acquired a tragic dimension.
Thomas Fleming, author of The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers It’s hard to imagine a nonfiction book that combines a passionate romance with political intrigue, and even wartime panic, but William Hyland has accomplished this task. His Martha Jefferson is a meticulous and insightful account of the central person in Thomas Jefferson’s life—an extraordinary woman whom history has largely ignored. She, and their relationship, are now in the spotlight, finally.
Arthur T. Downey, author of The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion that Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, beloved wife and steadfast partner in the revolutionary years of America’s founding visionary, is at long last brought fully and convincingly to life. I commend the work. It may be perhaps the best way to bring the Jefferson and women imaginings back to reality.
Eric S. Peterson, Editor, Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness We cannot understand Thomas Jefferson without knowing the love of his life, Martha Wayles Jefferson. Hyland masterfully brings Martha to life by compiling little known facts and opinions about her and placing her in the context of Thomas Jefferson’s life.
Cynthia Burton, historian and author of Jefferson Vindicated — Fallacies, Omissions, and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search Paperback (2005)
White McKenzie Wallenborn, M.D., Former President of the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society Martha Jefferson was the most important person in Thomas Jefferson’s life. William Hyland’s insightful portrait tells us how this little understood fact acquired a tragic dimension.
Thomas Fleming, author of The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers It’s hard to imagine a nonfiction book that combines a passionate romance with political intrigue, and even wartime panic, but William Hyland has accomplished this task. His Martha Jefferson is a meticulous and insightful account of the central person in Thomas Jefferson’s life—an extraordinary woman whom history has largely ignored. She, and their relationship, are now in the spotlight, finally.
Arthur T. Downey, author of The Creole Affair: The Slave Rebellion that Led the U.S. and Great Britain to the Brink of War Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, beloved wife and steadfast partner in the revolutionary years of America’s founding visionary, is at long last brought fully and convincingly to life. I commend the work. It may be perhaps the best way to bring the Jefferson and women imaginings back to reality.
Eric S. Peterson, Editor, Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness We cannot understand Thomas Jefferson without knowing the love of his life, Martha Wayles Jefferson. Hyland masterfully brings Martha to life by compiling little known facts and opinions about her and placing her in the context of Thomas Jefferson’s life.
Cynthia Burton, historian and author of Jefferson Vindicated — Fallacies, Omissions, and Contradictions in the Hemings Genealogical Search Paperback (2005)