First Ladies Paperback – Illustrated, October 4, 2016

Very informative. Short chapters on each first lady written by historians and experts.

I am currently reading about the FL before Jackie Kennedy-actually saw Jack and Jackie in a parade in 1958 in Holyoke, Ma. I remember Mamie Eisenhower but did not know much of her life. Bess and Harry was a good book also. Bought one on Lady Bird-though she was after Kennedy as I don't remember much on her. Eleanor Roosevelt was fascinating!

These interviews about the Firls Ladies made me feel as if I'm getting to know them personally, and not just as a lesser name in history. Loved it.

The book contains a ‘chapter’ for each First Lady. The format should be easy to reference. I have another book that covers the Presidents, so now I can read the stories in greater detail from both perspectives.

Interesting until I got to current day first ladies, and it was a big democrat lie. I was very disappointed as history is only changed by man as this book was. I wondered how much the early first ladies was misrepresented.

I first saw an interview with the author on PBS and was intrigued. The book is excellent, incite full, and easy to read. I enjoyed it thoroughly!

Book gives you a snapshot of who these women were as mothers, wives and political partners. Also details how these women came to be wives of the presidents. Very informative and sometimes heartbreaking.

I am a little surprised at the previous reviews of a book that is a companion piece to an excellent C-SPAN program that ran for many weeks in 2014, and is being shown again even as I write. The format of the book is clearly stated in the introduction. Perhaps the problem is that those unfamiliar with the television series on C-SPAN were disappointed that it wasn't just thumbnail sketches similar to " The First Ladies of the United States of America", published by The White House Historical Association. That book was revised in 2013 for the C-SPAN program. This newer book on the first ladies is presented in a conversational style, edited by Ms Swain for a reader who wants more in-depth information from historians.