Las Animas - Bent County Library District

Brief biographies and portraits of forty-one wives, sisters, daughters, nieces, and other relatives of Presidents who have served as White House hostesses, from Martha Washington through Nancy Reagan.

With deft humor and a sharp eye, Laura Bush lifts the curtain on what really happens inside the White House, from presidential finances to the 175-year-old tradition of separate bedrooms for presidents and their wives to the antics of some White House guests and even a few members of Congress. She writes with honesty and eloquence about her family, her public triumphs, and her personal tribulations. Laura Bush's compassion, her sense of humor, her...

A biography focusing on the early years of the parson's daughter who became the wife of our second president.

Wife of one president and mother of another, Abigail Adams was an extraordinary woman living at an extraordinary time in American history. A tireless letter writer and diarist, her penetrating and often caustic impressions of most of the major persons of her day--including Ben Franklin, George and Martha Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and King George III, among others--provide one of the best first-hand accounts of the American...

Inside the complex marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

A companion book to the C-SPAN series that highlighted the lives and impact on American life, culture and politics of each of the United States' more than 40 first ladies describes their role, their ambitions and their unique partnerships with their presidential husbands.

A candid and insightful look at an era and a life through the eyes of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century The long and eventful life of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was full of rich experiences and courageous actions. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married a Columbia University law student named Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who gradually ascended in the world of New York politics to reach the presidency in 1932. Throughout...

Biography of Nancy Reagan from her childhood to Hollywood starlet and finally becoming Ronald Reagan's truest ally.

This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America.

Provides short biographies and histories of the forty-two presidents and their respective first ladies. Also includes a short history of the White House.