An edition of James & Dolley Madison
(2014)
James & Dolley Madison
America's first power couple
by Bruce Chadwick
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"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"--
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Politics and government, Presidents, Biography, Presidents' spouses, Madison, james, 1751-1836, Madison, dolley, 1768-1849, Presidents, united states, Presidents' spouses, united states, United states, politics and government, 1789-1815, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), HISTORY / United States / 19th CenturyPlaces
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James & Dolley Madison: America's first power couple
2014, Prometheus Books
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Table of Contents
Saving George Washington in a city on fire
Opposites attract : the unlikely meeting of James Madison and Dolley Todd
The happy groom retires from public life
Return to Montpelier, 1796
Montpelier to Washington, DC : the making of a public man
A new world : the Madisons arrive in Washington
The Madisons as social lions
The Louisiana Purchase : America becomes a giant
The veteran Secretary of State
The battles with Britain
Mister President
A new administration and a new couple
The never-ending dispute with Great Britain
The ever-changing America
War looms everywhere over America
The first days of the War of 1812
The war years : Dolley
The early years of the war
War : land and sea
The Montpelier of the president : the summer White House
Into the war's stretch
Home to Montpelier : retirement
A new life amid the forests
Payne Todd : "The serpent in the garden of Eden"
The Madisons : slavery and stormy years
Dolley : triumph, tragedy, and history.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-427) and index.
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