Strength And Honor: The Life Of Dolley Madison

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Based on more than two thousand of Dolley Payne Todd Madison's letters and accompanied by period illustrations, offers a biography of the popular First Lady who was renowned as a hostess and heroine of the War of 1812.

Genres: BiographyAmerican HistoryNonfictionHistory

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