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Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 662 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The made-in-Hollywood marriage of Ronald and Nancy Reagan was the partnership that made him president. Nancy understood how to foster his strengths and compensate for his weaknesses-- and made herself a place in history. Tumulty shows how Nancy's confidence developed, and reveals new details surrounding Reagan's tumultuous presidency that shows how Nancy became one of the most influential first ladies in history. -- adapted from jacket
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 533 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson had a decision to make. Just months after moving into the White House under the worst of circumstances--following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy--he had decide whether to run to win the presidency in his own right. He turned to his most reliable, trusted political strategist: his wife, Lady Bird Johnson. The memo she produced for him, long overlooked by biographers, is just one revealing...
Author
Language
English
Description
A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok--a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
"In 1933, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the First Lady with dread. By that time, she had put...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady's role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative--from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Since the Clinton era, tectonic shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 308 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Joe Biden's greatest political asset. Like many women of her generation, she holds her commitments as wife, mother and grandmother at the center of her life. She is a professor, earned a doctorate in educational leadership, and taught at Northern Virginia Community College. She broke barriers as First Lady as the first to hold a paying job outside the White House. "Jill" is the story of this accomplished...
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
350 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A revealing biography of Lady Bird Johnson with startling new insights into her marriage to Lyndon Baines Johnson and her unexpectedly strong impact on his presidency. Long obscured by her husband's shadow, Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson emerges in this first comprehensive biography as a figure of surprising influence and the centering force for LBJ, a man who suffered from extreme mood swings and desperately needed someone to help control his darker...
68) Melania Trump
Author
Series
Publisher
Zoom! an imprint of Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This title focuses on Melania Trump and gives information related to her early life, time as a leader, first lady, and her legacy" --
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 609 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : genealogical table, illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A provocative biography of the Roosevelt family draws on family secrets and complex rivalries to argue that the Roosevelts' rise to power was driven by a series of inside competitions that were witnessed firsthand by an increasingly begrudging Eleanor Roosevelt.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 493 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
An extraordinary American comes to life in this vivid, incisive portrait of the early days of the republic-and the birth of modern politics hen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of American politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's newly minted capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with Britain in 1812, Dolley Madison arrived, alongside her...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard." Ellie LeBlond Sosa had asked her grandmother how her lifelong love affair with President George H.W. Bush had withstood World War II, the West Texas oil fields, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the White House, and the transition back to a "normal" life. Through a lifetime's worth of stories and letters, and intimate interviews with the Bushes and family friends, this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations, maps, some color ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hillary Clinton shattered the political glass ceiling for women when she was nominated as a presidential candidate in 2016. Hillary Clinton: Historic Politician introduces readers to other milestones Clinton reached throughout her career as a politician and advocate for women, children, and families. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics,...
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st paperback ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 678 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who emerged from the closed society of New York's Knickerbocker elite to become the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century. As Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author James MacGregor Burns and acclaimed historian Susan Dunn follow the evolution of the Roosevelt political philosophy,...
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
62 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eleanor Roosevelt is perhaps best known for her role as First Lady, wife to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But this strong-willed woman was a skilled politician in her own right, who overcame her own prejudices to fight for the rights of women, blacks and the poor. This inspiring biography tells of Eleanor Roosevelt's development from a lonely, orphaned teenager to a determined, socially conscious woman, beloved in the United States and throughout...
Author
Pub. Date
1986
Lexile measure
1430L
Physical Desc
xiv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1875 Robert Todd Lincoln caused his mother, Mary Todd Lincoln, to be committed to an insane asylum. Based on newly discovered manuscript materials, this book seeks to explain how and why. In these documents- marked by Robert Todd Lincoln as the ""MTL Insanity File""--Exists the only definitive record of the tragic story of Mary Todd Lincoln' s insanity trial. The book that results from these letters and documents addresses several areas of controversy...
77) The truth about Hillary: what she knew, when she knew it, and how far she'll go to become president
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
New York Times best-selling author Edward Klein is a former foreign editor for Newsweek and former editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine. In this illuminating exploration of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Klein draws on insider sources to reveal the many secrets she has managed to keep hidden despite the publication of more than a dozen unauthorized books on her life. Certain to be a presidential candidate in 2008, Hillary Rodham Clinton deserves...
78) Michelle Obama
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Zoom
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
460L
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Learn all about US First Lady Michelle Obama and how she supported healthy living. Engaging photos and easy-to read text take readers into her story. Plus, quick stats, key dates, and bolded glossary terms make it easy to zoom in even deeper. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--Publisher's website.