Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told you About the Women of The White House
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (734 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00FEAN0BW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 412 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Poorly Written And Illustrated Book" according to Richard A. Root. I hadn't expected a whole lot when I started this book. That's pretty much what I got. To be honest, the stories of the wives of the presidents of the 18th and 19th Centuries were fairly well informative. Probably because I really didn't have a great deal of knowledge of most of them prior to reading this book. On the other hand, I was greatly disappointed with O'Brien's short stor. Tidbits and short portraits of the First Ladies This is a journalist's bio book of the lives of the First Ladies. It's not really in depth--you get small portraits with interesting tidbits, slightly gossipy (such as Michelle Obama asking her stylist to lower her eyebrows so she didn't have an "angry" look on television.)I didn't know much about Lucretia Garfield or Anna Harrison. Anna Harrison was born not far from here (Sussex . "Brash and callous writing is a serious turn off." according to MagnoliaSouth. This could have been a fun book. It could have been loaded with trivia and fun tidbits but the writing is so heartless that I cannot even begin to tell you how bad it is. I read another review that mentions this very thing but the fact that the reviewer gave it Brash and callous writing is a serious turn off. This could have been a fun book. It could have been loaded with trivia and fun tidbits but the writing is so heartless that I cannot even begin to tell you how bad it is. I read another review that mentions this very thing but the fact that the reviewer gave it 3-stars made me believe that there were just a couple of infractions. No. This book is loaded with it.For example, we all . -stars made me believe that there were just a couple of infractions. No. This book is loaded with it.For example, we all
Jacqueline Kennedy spent $121,000 on her wardrobe in a single year Betty Ford liked to chat on CB radios - her handle was "First Mama" Hillary Clinton dreamed of being an astronaut .With chapters on every woman who's ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school!. Scandals, Seduction, Addiction, Adultery, Horrific FashionsAnd the White House?! Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the First Ladies features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the women of the W