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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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The longest-serving president in U.S. history, and leader through the Great Depression and World War II -- two of the nation's worst crises -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered by many to be our greatest president. In his early years, as a pampered, sheltered scion of a wealthy family, FDR exhibited no outward signs of greatness. With his cousin Theodore as a role model, however, FDR purposely forged a successful political career for himself,...
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English
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Martha Dandridge Custis was a wealthy, good-looking widow and the mother of two young children when, in 1759, she started a new life as Martha Washington. Thus began an ardent love affair and one of our country's most influential partnerships. Her fortune ensured the success of his Mount Vernon, but much more important was the emotional support she brought to their marriage. Never the kindly frump of popular mythology, she was an able landowner, an...
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English
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The Matriarch tells the riveting tale of a woman who helped define two American presidencies and an entire political era. Written by USA Today's Washington Bureau chief Susan Page, this biography is informed by more than one hundred interviews with Bush friends and family members, hours of conversation with Mrs. Bush herself in the final six months of her life, and access to her diaries that spanned decades. The Matriarch examines not only her public...
6) First ladies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Profiles and photographs reveal the impact that the presidents' wives had on the suffrage movement, prohibition, civil rights, equality, and war and peace.
9) Abigal Adams
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Pub. Date
1921.
Language
English
Description
The biography of Abigal Adams, 1744-1818, wife of John Adams, second President of the United States.
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