In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose Life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss.
She danced at George Washington\'s sixty-fifth Birthday Ball wearing cream slippers, monogram.
Her father was the chief health officer for the Port of New York and she lived down the block from Alexander Hamilton.
Elizabeth was born into a prominent New York City family in 1774.
In this riveting biography of Elizabeth Seton critically acclaimed and bestselling author Joan Barthel tells the mesmerizing story of a woman whose Life featured wealth and poverty, passion and sorrow, love and loss