Dolley Madison saves George Washington / written and illustrated by Don Brown.
2007
E342.1 .B76 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Dolley Madison saves George Washington / written and illustrated by Don Brown.
Author
Brown, Don, 1949-
ISBN
9780618411993
0618411992
0618411992
Publication Details
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007.
Language
English
Description
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Call Number
E342.1 .B76 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.8/1092 B
Summary
Dolley was a farm girl who became a fine first lady when she married James Madison. She wore beautiful dresses, decorated her home, and threw lavish parties. Everyone talked about Dolley, and everyone loved her, too. Then war arrived at her doorstep, and Dolley had to meet challenges greater than she'd ever known. So Dolley did one thing she thought might make a difference: she saved George Washington. Not the man himself, but a portrait of him, which would surely have been destroyed by English soldiers. Don Brown once again deftly tells a little known story about a woman who made a significant contribution to American history.
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