Bibliograph

America's first daughter, a novel, Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

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America's first daughter, a novel, Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

America's first daughter

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie

Sub title

a novel

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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