THE FIRST LADIES

by Sol Barzman ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 17, 1970

Martha was plump and pleasant; Abigail's mother objected to suitor John; Dolley wasn't totally infatuated with Madison on their wedding night; Abigail Fillmore was as unspectacular as her husband; Mary Lincoln was an incurable spendthrift (running up a bill of $27,000 at one point unbeknownst to her husband); Lady Bird was Lyndon's most influential adviser; Jackie was Jackie and Pat is a ""good sport"" about Richard's current role. Thirty-seven little powers-behind-the-throne, all of varying degrees of interest and presented here in short, tidy biographies. The First Ladies of our Country usually ran to sedate types and Mr. Barzman's prose does the same. All of which makes this of minimal interest.

Pub Date: July 17, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Cowles

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 1, 1970

Categories: NONFICTION