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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointing look at a wonderful lady's life,
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This review is from: Dolly Madison: Famous First Lady (Discovery Biographies) (Library Binding)
While the black and white illustrations are charming and the text is easy to read for children ages eight and over, this book contains many common historical errors and inaccuracies. The most blatant and disappointing is the author's misspelling of Dolley's name, which was never spelled "Dolly" except by later biographers who goofed. Dolley always signed her given name with the "e" before the "y," and this is how it is listed in the Quaker records of her family. The biography itself is a shallow one that focuses on a few of the "big" events in Dolley's life without really illuminating her character or drawing on the plethora of first-person sources (like letters and diaries) easily available today. One of James Madison's well-remembered sayings about Montpelier being a "squirrel's jump from heaven" is misquoted and not attributed to Madison. It is unfortunate that with so many stellar biographies of Dolley Madison available for adults, one has yet to be written for children that does justice to the lively, smart and gracious first lady who won the hearts of all who met her and earned her the title "Queen Dolley."
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Dolly Madison: Famous First Lady (Discovery Biographies) by Mary Richmond Davidson (Library Binding - Dec. 1992)
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