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Mrs. Kennedy and Me
Mrs. Kennedy and Me
by Clint Hill
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HE CALLED HER MRS. KENNEDY. SHE CALLED HIM MR. HILL. For four years, from the election of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in November 1960 until after the election of Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Clint Hill was the Secret Service agent assigned to guard the glamorous... (read more)

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In the Kennedy style :magical evenings in the Kennedy White House
In the Kennedy style :magical evenings in the Kennedy White House
by Letitia Baldrige
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"The atmosphere crackled with excitement as JFK and his beautiful lady presided over the receiving line. Jack and Jackie actually shimmered....They were truly the golden couple...." – William Styron The Kennedy White House years are becoming ever... (read more)

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Jackie Style
Jackie Style
by Pamela Clarke Keogh
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She was very dazzling, and she made them watch. She was like an Olympic athlete. Pat Suzuki maison blanche On November 9, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was elected the thirty-fifth president of the United States by 115,000 votes, the... (read more)

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First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents
by Bonnie Angelo
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First Mothers tells the captivating stories of the mothers who played such large roles in developing the characters of the modern American presidents. The book covers a wide range of memorable personalities, from formidably aristocratic Sara Delano... (read more)

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What Jackie Taught Us: Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
What Jackie Taught Us: Lessons from the Remarkable Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
by Tina Santi Flaherty
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She was a woman of confidence, focus, and passion, and it made her one of the world's greatest sources of inspiration and influence. She drew on a remarkable wealth of self-knowledge and a sense of purpose to cope with extraordinary public demands and... (read more)

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Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the Women of the White House
Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the Women of the White House
by Cormac O'brien
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Scandals, Seduction, Addiction, Adultery, Horrific Fashions—And 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... (read more)

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Spoken from the Heart
Spoken from the Heart
by Laura Bush
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In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private first ladies, tells her own extraordinary story.  Born in the boom-and-bust oil town of Midland, Texas, Laura Welch grew up as an only child in a... (read more)

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Everything Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Book
Everything Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Book
by Kathleen Tracy
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Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis-better known as Jackie O. to the tabloids, the deb to the Kennedy clan, and the 35th First Lady to historians-is easily one of the most recognizable Presidential wives. She remains the model of the proper American... (read more)

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Jackie as Editor
Jackie as Editor
by Greg Lawrence
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History remembers Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis as the consummate first lady, the nations tragic widow, the tycoons wife, and, of course, the quintessential embodiment of elegance. Her biographers, however, tend to skip over an equally important stage in... (read more)

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Michelle: A Biography
Michelle: A Biography
by Liza Mundy
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She can be funny and sharp-tongued, warm and blunt, empathic and demanding. Who is the woman Barack Obama calls "the boss"? In Michelle, Washington Post writer Liza Mundy paints a revealing and intimate portrait, taking us inside the marriage of the most... (read more)

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Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the Women of the White House
Secret Lives of the First Ladies: What Your Teachers Never Told You about the Women of the White House
by Cormac Obrian
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Scandals, Seduction, Addiction, Adultery, Horrific Fashions—And 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... (read more)

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Michelle Obama: An American Story
Michelle Obama: An American Story
by David Colbert
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Michelle Obama grew up on Chicago's South Side, and while the world outside her door was chaotic and ever-changing, her family provided a stable environment in which she could grow and flourish. This look at Michelle Obama's life and the turning points... (read more)

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Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
Dearest Friend: A Life of Abigail Adams
by Lynne Withey
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Rich with excerpts from her incomparable letters and alive with the ferment of a new nation, "Dearest Friend" is the first full biography of Abigail Adams, the unschooled minister's daughter who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America.... (read more)

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Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton
by Jeff Gerth
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A biography of the controversial former first lady, senator, and presidential candidate examines her early years, her marriage, her role in her husband's career, possible ethical lapses, and related topics.... (read more)

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A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton
A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton
by Carl Bernstein
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Drawing from hundreds of interviews with colleagues, friends and with unique access to campaign records, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Carl Bernstein offers a complex and nuanced portrait of one of the most controversial figures of our... (read more)

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Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation
Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation
by Ellen Fitzpatrick
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It is perhaps the most memorable event of the twentieth century, a moment that left a family and a nation mourning, one that many Americans recall as their first historical memory—the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Within seven weeks... (read more)

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The First Ladies of the United States of America
The First Ladies of the United States of America
by Margaret B Klapthor
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Published to accompany the book Presidents of the United States of America is, of course, a book on the First Ladies. It provides considered insight into the lifes of the First Ladies, drawing on portraits from the White House Historical Association's... (read more)

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Hillary's Choice
Hillary's Choice
by Gail Sheehy
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This is the story of a woman and a marriage, both so famous the world over, we think we know everything there is to know. But Hillary's Choice renders America's First Lady fully human for the first time.         ... (read more)

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You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
You Learn by Living: Eleven Keys for a More Fulfilling Life
by Eleanor Roosevelt
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One of the most admired people of the twentieth century, Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, just two years before her death, Roosevelt penned this simple guide toward a more fulfilling life. The... (read more)

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Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams
by Phyllis Lee Levin
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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... (read more)

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