The Inner Life of Martha Jefferson
by
Kelly Joyce Neff
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1997
Martha (Patty) Jefferson is often seen as little more than a background figure overshadowed by her husband's political, literary, and scientific achievements. Dear Companion, by contrast, vividly depicts a wife, mother, and busy mistress of a plantation. We come to know the Jeffersons as a young couple...