America's first daughter / Stephanie Dray & Laura Kamoie.
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TextPublisher: New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: 590, 16 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062347268 (softcover); 0062347268 (softcover)Subject(s): Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 -- Fiction | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Fiction | Children of presidents -- Fiction | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 | Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836 | Children of presidentsGenre/Form: Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. | Biographical fiction. | Fiction. | Historical fiction.DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3604.R39 | A84 2016Summary: 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 prot�eg�e 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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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 prot�eg�e 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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