{"product_id":"the-selected-letters-of-dolley-david-b-mattern-9780813921525","title":"The Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom modest Quaker beginnings as the child of financially insecure parents and the wife of a stolid young lawyer to the excitement and challenges of life as the nation's first First Lady--arguably the most influential role in the American government's formative years--Dolley Payne Todd Madison (1768-1849) led an extraordinary life. David B. Mattern and Holly C. Shulman have culled a particularly rich selection of her letters to illuminate the story of the woman widely credited with setting the standard for successive generations of Washington's political women. This collection will prove an invaluable resource in current political and historical circles, where the role founding mothers played--both as supportive family members and as crucial political negotiators--is increasingly recognized and studied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized chronologically into five sections reaching from her correspondence as a young adult in late-eighteenth-century Philadelphia up to the letters of her widowhood in 1840s Washington, and with a helpful contextualizing introduction to each section, \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison\u003c\/i\u003e provides a long-overdue biographical sketch of one of the early republic's most fascinating personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Selected Letters of Dolley Payne Madison\u003c\/i\u003e was made possible through a grant from the National Historical Publications \u0026amp; Records Commission\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David B. Mattern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081392152X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813921525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.66h x 6.36w x 1.38d","brand":"David B. Mattern","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43980597494015,"sku":"9780813921525","price":43.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c45f8e76-dcef-4341-9a7a-111f61f900f2.jpg?v=1683250813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-selected-letters-of-dolley-david-b-mattern-9780813921525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}