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Author : Helen Herron Taft
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)
Download or read book Recollections of Full Years written by Helen Herron Taft and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lewis L. Gould
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700618007
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book My Dearest Nellie written by Lewis L. Gould and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few presidential couples enjoyed a closer relationship in the White House than Will and Nellie Taft. Throughout William Howard Taft's rise in American politics, she had been his most intimate confidant. When circumstances separated them, as when Helen Herron Taft became incapacitated by a stroke and was unable to accompany the president on his storied travels-or was herself on recuperative trips-she pressed him for letters, and he obliged with gossipy correspondence that provides a fascinating account of his presidency at decisive moments in his single term. These 113 letters, all but a few never before published, represent a rare glimpse into the mind of a chief executive speaking candidly about individuals and issues. In them, Taft commented on political issues he encountered and decisions he made-as well as his growing disillusion with Theodore Roosevelt, his unhappiness with Congress, and his struggles with his weight and golf score. Breathing new life into a bygone era in all of its complexity and humanity, they also open a new window on Washington early in the twentieth century-providing Taft's reactions not only to social figures of the Progressive Era but also to the impact of innovations like the automobile and rudimentary air conditioning. Sometimes indiscreet and frustrated with his political prospects, Taft comes through as a man who worked hard at a job for which he was not well suited. Indeed, Taft has been written off as a failed chief executive who was pushed into office by his wife; yet, as he insisted to Nellie, he was a creditable chief executive confronted with a changing political environment. Taft's letters may not warrant calling him a great president, but they reveal a more thoughtful occupant of the White House than scholars have acknowledged. Other than those that Harry Truman wrote to Bess, there is no comparable archive of modern presidential letters to a spouse that equals the letters to "Dearest Nellie" that Will Taft sent. Edited and introduced by a leading historian of the Progressive Era, Taft's letters not only reveal the inner workings of a presidency at decisive moments but also humanize a chief executive to whom history has been less than kind.
Author : Carl Sferrazza Anthony
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006186594X
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Nellie Taft written by Carl Sferrazza Anthony and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the morning of William Howard Taft's inauguration, Nellie Taft publicly expressed that theirs would be a joint presidency by shattering precedent and demanding that she ride alongside her husband down Pennsylvania Avenue, a tradition previously held for the outgoing president. In an era before Eleanor Roosevelt, this progressive First Lady was an advocate for higher education and partial suffrage for women, and initiated legislation to improve working conditions for federal employees. She smoked, drank, and gambled without regard to societal judgment, and she freely broke racial and class boundaries. Drawing from previously unpublished diaries, a lifetime of love letters between Will and Nellie, and detailed family correspondence and recollections, critically acclaimed presidential family historian Carl Sferrazza Anthony develops a riveting portrait of Nellie Taft as one of the strongest links in the series of women -- from Abigail Adams to Hillary Rodham Clinton -- often critically declared "copresidents."
Author : National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance
Publisher : Candlewick
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
Download or read book Our White House written by National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2008-09-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection from over a hundred authors and illustrators to portray over two hundred years of history as seen through the White House windows.
Author : Judith E. Greenberg
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516206431
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)
Download or read book Helen Herron Taft written by Judith E. Greenberg and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of Helen Herron Taft
Author : Jane Collins Wolford
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
Download or read book Helen Herron Taft written by Jane Collins Wolford and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lewis L. Gould
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135311552
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)
Download or read book American First Ladies written by Lewis L. Gould and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents thirty-nine interpretive biographical essays on all first ladies, from Martha Washington to America's newest First Lady, Laura Bush. This new edition contains updated material on all the living First Ladies and updated bibliographies for each entry, as well as a portrait of the newest First Lady.
Author : Dorothy Schneider
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781438164861
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book Helen Taft written by Dorothy Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the opportunity to run things, Helen Herron Taft excelled, as she possessed high intelligence, energy, and zest.
Author : Helen Herron Taft
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Paid Invoices written by Helen Herron Taft and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Receipted bills (ca. 500 pieces) rendered Mrs. Taft for the White House and personal accounts; Washington, D.C., 1908-1910.
Author : William Howard Taft
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ISBN 13 : 9780379120806
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)
Download or read book William Howard Taft, 1857-1930 written by William Howard Taft and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
