Research Catalog

Hidden power : presidential marriages that shaped our recent history / Kati Marton.

Title
Hidden power : presidential marriages that shaped our recent history / Kati Marton.
Author
Marton, Kati
Publication
New York : Anchor Books, 2002.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusVol/DateFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
c.2TextRequest in advance E176.1 .M368 2002 c.2Off-site

Details

Description
418 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
Summary
Explores the personal dynamics and historical events that were shaped by White House marriages over the course of twelve administrations, from Edith and Woodrow Wilson to George W. and Laura Bush.
Alternative Title
  • Presidential marriages that shaped our recent history
  • Presidential marriages that shaped our history
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • Case studies
Note
  • Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 2001.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-392) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Edith and Woodrow Wilson: fools for love -- Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt: the partnership that changed the world -- Bess and Harry Truman: the good husband -- Jacqueline and John F. Kennedy: a marriage all the same -- Lady Bird and Lyndon Johnson: the singular object of their affection -- Pat and Richard Nixon: misalliance -- Betty and Gerald Ford: ordinary people -- Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter: virtue unrewarded -- Nancy and Ronald Reagan: virtually perfect -- Barbara and George Bush: mother knows best -- Hillary and Bill Clinton: unlimited partnership -- Laura and George W. Bush: transformed by history.
ISBN
  • 0385721889
  • 9780385721882
OCLC
  • 50625328
  • SCSB-10269939
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library