[PDF] James Dolley Madison eBook

Author : David A. Adler
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Picture books for children
ISBN : 9780823420094

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Known as the Father of the Constitution, James Madison served two terms as the fourth president, from 1809 until 1817. Determined that all Americans be treated fairly, he devised our three branches of government and drafted the Bill of Rights. When the British set fire to Washington D.C. in 1814, his wife Dolley saved one of our country's greatest treasures, a portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart which now hangs in the Smithsonian Institution, before fleeing for her life.

Author : Bruce Chadwick
Publisher :
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 19,66 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1616148357

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In this comprehensive biography of James and Dolley Madison, historian Bruce Chadwick introduces the reader to America's first power couple. 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. Within the new historical papers are remarkable stories of Dolley's parties and her backdoor politicking. Their letters show Madison not as a boring, average president--as some historians have maintained--but as a vibrant, tough leader, a very successful commander in chief who changed America. These documents also help to paint a searing portrait of the Madisons' struggles with their irresponsible son and outline how their lifelong funding of his whims brought about their own demise. Blending the personal and the political, this is a fascinating portrait of a couple whose life together contributed so much to the future course of our nation.

Author : Ruth Ashby
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Secondary Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,76 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Married people
ISBN : 9780836857573

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In 1794, a young widow, Dolley Payne Todd, wrote her friend: "Thou must come to me ... the great little Madison has asked ... to see me this evening." That night, Dolley met James Madison. After a whirlwind courtship, she left her Quaker community and married the short, charismatic congressman from Virginia. Dolley became a constant and loving companion and, after James was elected president in 1808, she used her diplomatic skills and sense of style to make White House functions more popular than ever. James & Dolley Madison offers a behind-the-scenes look at this captivating couple, from James's struggles to avert war and the British invasion of Washington, D.C., to retirement at Montpelier and Dolley's role as hostess to the presidents. Book jacket.

Author : Bruce Chadwick
Publisher : Prometheus Books
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 13,18 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1616148365

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This revealing new portrait of James and Dolley Madison introduces the reader to America’s first power couple. Using recently uncovered troves of letters at the University of Virginia, among other sources, historian Bruce Chadwick has been able to reconstruct the details of the Madisons’ personal and political lives. Chadwick argues that Madison was not a boring, average president, as other historians have characterized him, but a vibrant, tough leader—and a very successful commander in chief in the War of 1812. He contends that Madison, the architect of the Constitution, owed much of his success to the political savvy of his charismatic, much younger wife, whose parties and backdoor politicking make for remarkable stories. And Dolley, through her many social skills, created the dynamic role of First Lady that we know today. Despite their glamorous lifestyle, behind the scenes, the Madisons struggled with family drama: James and Dolley’s constant funding of their charming but sociopathic son’s misadventures ultimately led to their own financial ruin. Blending the personal and the political, this is a fascinating profile of a couple whose life together contributed so much to the future course of our nation.

Author : Jane Hampton Cook
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1621575497

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A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country!

Author : Catherine Allgor
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 15,77 MB
Release : 2006-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805073272

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The post-Revolutionary era comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early American republic--and its master political architect.

Author : Don Brown
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 10,65 MB
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0547349041

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Dolley was a farm girl who became a fine first lady when she married James Madison. She wore beautiful dresses, decorated her home, and threw lavish parties. Everyone talked about Dolley, and everyone loved her, too. Then war arrived at her doorstep, and Dolley had to meet challenges greater than she’d ever known. So Dolley did one thing she thought might make a difference: she saved George Washington. Not the man himself, but a portrait of him, which would surely have been destroyed by English soldiers. Don Brown once again deftly tells a little known story about a woman who made a significant contribution to American history.

Author : Roger Smalley
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 36,11 MB
Release : 2005-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0736849726

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Recounts the story of how Dolley Madison became First Lady of the United States and how she saved historical items from the White House during the War of 1812.

Author : Lynne Cheney
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0143127039

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A major new biography of the fourth U.S. president, from New York Times–bestselling author Lynne Cheney James Madison was a true genius of the early republic, the leader who did more than any other to create the nation we know today. This majestic new biography tells his story. Outwardly reserved, Madison was the intellectual driving force behind the Constitution. His visionary political philosophy—eloquently presented in the Federalist Papers—was a crucial factor behind the Constitution’s ratification, and his political savvy was of major importance in getting the new government underway. As secretary of state under Thomas Jefferson, he managed the Louisiana Purchase, doubling the size of the United States. As president, Madison led the country in its first war under the Constitution, the War of 1812. Without precedent to guide him, he would demonstrate that a republic could defend its honor and independence while remaining true to its young constitution.