Marilyn Irvin Holt
Autor de The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America (Bison Book)
Sobre El Autor
Marilyn Irvin Holt is former director of publications at the Kansas Historical Society and has served as a research consultant for the PBS American Experience series.
Obras de Marilyn Irvin Holt
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- female
Miembros
Reseñas
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 7
- Miembros
- 172
- Popularidad
- #124,308
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 17
I wish the book had been more encompassing, though I understand its premise. This short volume in the Modern First Ladies series focusses on Mamie's White House years. Often overlooked by historians as a boring grandmother-type, Mamie was incredibly active and took a vast interest in those she received and entertained. She was certainly the right fit for the White House during the time she lived there.
Excellent reading.… (más)