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Chiaverini, Jennifer.
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Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Women slaves -- Fiction.
First ladies -- Fiction.
Abolitionists -- Fiction.
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Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Women slaves -- Fiction.
First ladies -- Fiction.
Abolitionists -- Fiction.
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Mrs
.
Grant
and
Madame
Jule
/ Jennifer Chiaverini.
by
Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Dutton, c2015.
Call #:
FICTION CHI
Subjects
Grant
, Julia Dent, 1826-1902 -- Fiction.
Women, Black -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Women slaves -- Fiction.
First ladies -- Fiction.
Abolitionists -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780525954293
0525954295
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
352 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The New York Times bestselling author of
Mrs
. Lincoln's Dressmaker and
Mrs
. Lincoln's Rival imagines the inner life of Julia
Grant
, beloved as a Civil War general's wife and the First Lady, yet who grappled with a profound and complex relationship with the slave who was her namesake-until she forged a proud identity of her own. In 1844, Missouri belle Julia Dent met dazzling horseman Lieutenant Ulysses S
Grant
. Four years passed before their parents permitted them to wed, and the groom's abolitionist family refused to attend the ceremony. Since childhood, Julia owned as a slave another Julia, known as
Jule
.
Jule
guarded her mistress's closely held twin secrets: She had perilously poor vision but was gifted with prophetic sight. So it was that
Jule
became Julia's eyes to the world. And what a world it was, marked by gathering clouds of war. The Grants vowed never to be separated, but as Ulysses rose through the ranks-becoming general in chief of the Union Army-so did the stakes of their pact. During the war, Julia would travel, often in the company of
Jule
and the four
Grant
children, facing unreliable transportation and certain danger to be at her husband's side. Yet Julia and
Jule
saw two different wars. While Julia spoke out for women-Union and Confederate-she continued to hold
Jule
as a slave behind Union lines. Upon the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation,
Jule
claimed her freedom and rose to prominence as a businesswoman in her own right, taking the honorary title
Madame
. The two women's paths continued to cross throughout the Grants' White House years in Washington, DC, and later in New York City, the site of
Grant
's Tomb.
Mrs
.
Grant
and
Madame
Jule
is the first novel to chronicle this singular relationship, bound by sight and shadow."--Publisher.
Genre:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
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