First family : George Washington's heirs and the making of America
(2023)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
973.410922/GOOD,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2023]
©2023
©2023
DESCRIPTION
429 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical tables ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781335449511, 1335449515 :, 1335449515, 9781335449511
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Family trees -- Washington's children -- The first family grows up -- The ruling family of Washington -- Washington City's first family -- A country and family split -- The Custises at war -- America's family: the first family returns to the spotlight -- The Custises confront slavery -- The Custis Empire -- "Relicts of a past age"
"In First Family, we see Washington as a father figure, as well as meet the children he helped raise and trace their complicated roles in American history."--Inside jacket