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The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington

by Martha Saxton

An insightful biography of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of our nation’s father The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s mother, based on archival sources. Her son’s biographers have, for the most part, painted her as self-centered and crude, a trial and an obstacle to her oldest child. But the records tell a ver

Publisher

Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

384

ISBN

9780809097012