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Name of Book: My Dear Hamilton Author:   Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie ISBN:   9780062466167 Publisher: William Morrow Year it was published: 2018 Summary: From the New York Times bestselling authors of America’s First Daughter comes the epic story of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton—a revolutionary woman who, like her new nation, struggled to define herself in the wake of war, betrayal, and tragedy. Haunting, moving, and beautifully written, Dray and Kamoie used thousands of letters and original sources to tell Eliza’s story as it’s never been told before—not just as the wronged wife at the center of a political sex scandal—but also as a founding mother who shaped an American legacy in her own right. A general’s daughter… Coming of age on the perilous frontier of revolutionary New York, Elizabeth Schuyler champions the fight for independence. And when she meets Alexander Hamilton, Washington’s penniless but passionate aide-de-camp, she’s captivated by the young...

Name of Book:  America's First Daughte Author:  Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie ISBN: 978-0-06-234726-8 Publisher: William Morrow Type of book: America, France, marriage, promises, father-daughter relationship, freedom, revolutions, heroes, 1781-1830, life, debts, Virginia, illicit affairs, duty vs personal happiness, hosting, politics, motherhood, death, disease Year it was published: 2016 Summary: In a compelling, richly researched novel that draws from thousands of letters and original sources, bestselling authors Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie tell the fascinating, untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Randolph—a woman who kept the secrets of our most enigmatic founding father and shaped an American legacy. From her earliest days, Patsy Jefferson knows that though her father loves his family dearly, his devotion to his country runs deeper still. As Thomas Jefferson’s oldest daughter, she becomes his helpmate, prot...