12.In what ways did Patsy shape her father’s legacy? In what ways did she shape our own? In what ways is she America’s First Daughter?
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For Further Reading
Fiction
Flight of the Sparrow: A Novel of Early America by Amy Belding Brown
Jack Absolute by C. C. Humphreys
The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry
Jefferson’s Sons: A Founding Father’s Secret Children by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Midwife’s Revolt by Jody Daynard
The President’s Daughter by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Redcoat by Bernard Cornwell
Sally Hemings by Barbara Chase-Riboud
Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson
The Traitor’s Wife by Allison Pataki
Turncoat by Donna Thorlund
Nonfiction
American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
Jefferson’s Adoptive Son: The Life of William Short, 1759–1848 by George Green Shackelford
Jefferson’s Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello by Andrew Burstein
Jeffersonian Legacies by Peter S. Onuf
Liberty’s Daughters: The Revolutionary Experience of American Women, 1750–1800 by Mary Beth Norton
Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times by Cynthia Kierner
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves by Henry Wiencek
The Mind of Thomas Jefferson by Peter S. Onuf
Parlor Politics: In Which the Ladies of Washington Help Build a City and a Government by Catherine Allgor
Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: History, Memory, and Civic Culture by Jan Lewis and Peter S. Onuf
Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and Reputation in Jefferson’s America by Cynthia Kierner
Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of Jefferson by Paul Finkelman
Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate Portrait by Fawn Brodie
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy by Annette Gordon-Reed
“Those Who Labor for My Happiness”: Slavery at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello by Lucia Stanton
Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson by Alan Pell Crawford
The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff
Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America by Linda Kerber
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Advance Praise for America’s First Daughter
“A delectable and poignant read… . It deftly draws on the volatile atmosphere of Jefferson’s time, recounting his daughter’s little-known story—a heroine tested to the limit, loaded with grit and determination. All the right chords are struck here. You’re going to want to read slow and savor this one. Bravo.”
—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Jefferson Key
“A triumphant, controversial, and fascinating plunge into the complexities of Revolutionary America, where women held power in subtle ways and men hid dangerous secrets. You’ll never look at Jefferson or his legacy the same way again.”
—C. W. Gortner, bestselling author of Mademoiselle Chanel
“Painstakingly researched, beautifully hewn, compulsively readable—this enlightening literary journey takes us from Monticello to Revolutionary Paris to the Jefferson White House, revealing remarkable historical details and dark family secrets, and bringing to life the colorful cast of characters who conceived of our new nation. A must-read.”
—Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Empress
“America’s First Daughter is the story of a generation caught between the past and the future of a nation, and illuminates how the actions of one woman managed to sustain a family in spite of the consequences of both privilege and poverty. Not since Gone with the Wind has a single-volume family saga so brilliantly portrayed the triumphs, trials, and sins of a family in the American South.”
—Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Hemingway’s Girl and The House of Hawthorne
“Fiction can go boldly where history treads warily. In this compelling, poignant novel, Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie open the door into the heart of Martha Jefferson Randolph, the motherless daughter, long-suffering wife, devoted mother, and passionate protector of her famous father’s lies, secrets, and silences. A remarkable and insightful achievement.”
—Virginia Scharff, author of The Women Jefferson Loved
“America’s First Daughter brings a turbulent era to vivid life. All the conflicts and complexities of the Early Republic are mirrored in Patsy’s story. It’s breathlessly exciting and heartbreaking by turns—a personal and political page-turner.”
—Donna Thorland, author of The Turncoat
“I didn’t realize how starved I was for a beautifully written American historical until I read America’s First Daughter… . Laced with intricate detailing, plumped with authentic letters, and filled with plenty of fast-paced, harrowing scenes, Dray and Kamoie nailed it!”
—Heather Webb, author of Rodin’s Lover
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