Helen Taft: Our Musical First Lady

by Lewis L. Gould

In this fascinating study, Lewis L. Gould has brought a shadowy first lady into the light and restored her to a rightful place as a patron of music. Helen Herron Taft came to the White House intent on establishing Washington, D.C., as the nation's cultural capital. A stroke in May 1909 made her a semi-invalid, impaired her speech, and disrupted her agenda. Historians have written her off as a shrewish figure who pushed her portly husband into the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700617310
• ISBN13: 9780700617319
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.5"