American First Ladies: Their Lives and Their Legacy

by Lewis L. Gould

Book Overview

This volume presents thirty-nine interpretive biographical essays on all first ladies, from Martha Washington to America's newest First Lady, Laura Bush. This new edition contains updated material on... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415930219
• ISBN13: 9780415930215
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Fascinating Portraits

I found this book to be fascinating. It provides a close look at First Ladies, something one often doesn't find as historical books tend to focus on the presidents. Not only do you get a review of their lives as First Ladies, but details on their lives before and after their time in the White House. The only distractions are some editing errors and an often clear subjective positive view of the First Lady in question...thus the book is not entirely written from a neutral historical point of view.

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