Mrs. Ike: Memories and Reflections on the Life of Mamie Eisenhower

by Susan Eisenhower

Book Overview

In an era when Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a pretty young woman from Denver meets her match in handsome Ike Eisenhower, a farm boy fresh out of West Point, and becomes the Army wife par excellence. They were two very passionate and private people whose 53-year marriage, much of it lived in the public eye, survived great tragedies, misunderstandings, and adventures -- and led to glowing triumphs in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374215146
• ISBN13: 9780374215149
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"