THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK

PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2019 by Amy S. Greenberg

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Greenberg, Amy S., [date] author.

Title: Lady first : the world of first lady Sarah Polk / by Amy S. Greenberg.

Other titles: World of first lady Sarah Polk

Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018010748 (print) | LCCN 2018012602 (ebook) | ISBN 9780385354134 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780385354141 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Polk, Sarah Childress, 1803–1891. | Presidents’ spouses—United States—Biography. | Governors’ spouses—Tennessee—Biography. | United States—Politics and government—1845–1849.

Classification: LCC E417.1 (ebook) | LCC E417.1 .G74 2019 (print) | DDC 973.6/1092 [B]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2018010748

Ebook ISBN 9780385354141

Cover images: Portrait of Sarah Polk, 1846, by George Peter Alexander Healy (detail), The Picture Art Collection/Alamy; (flag detail) James K. Polk 1844 Campaign ribbon, The Frent Collection/Getty Images

Cover design by Stephanie Ross

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