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First Ladies
[Buy it!] | Truman, Margaret | USD 7.00
(Thu May 23 15:36:15 2024) | Abebooks | Don's Book Store | ISBN10: 044922323X, ISBN13: 9780449223239, [publisher: Ballantine Publishing Group - Fawcett Books, New York] Softcover 368 Pages Indexed. First Ballantine Books Edition was September 1996. Pictorial photographic cover with eight First Ladies. Margaret's father, Harry Truman, called it the world's second toughest job. He wrote I hope some day someone will take time to evaluate the true role of the wife of a President, and to assess the many burdens she has to bear and the contributions she makes. With her unnique perspective as the daughter of a First Lady, Ms. truman reveals the truth behind some of the most misunderstood and forgotten First Ladies of our history, as well as the most famous and beloved. In recounting the charm and courage of Dolley Madison, the brazen ambition of Florence Harding, the calm, good sense of Grace Coolidge, the genius of Eleanor Roosevelt, the mysterious femininity of Jackie Kennedy, and the fierce protectiveness of Nancy Reagan, among others, Margaret Truman has assembled an honest yet affectionate portrait of our nation's First Ladies --- one that freely acknowledges their virtues and their flaws. Whether they envisiioned their role as protector, partneer, advisor, or scold, First Ladies find themselves in a job that is impossible to define, and just difficult to perform.
[Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996] |
