Mamie Eisenhower, 1953-1961 (Camp David Diaries, Volume III) [Paperback]

Pamela Kay Thorson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2002

This is Volume III of the Camp David Diaries’ eleven-volume series, a tantalizing approach to historical fiction combining women, politics, intimacies and the keeping of secret diaries at Camp David. Volume III – Mamie Eisenhower (1953-1961), offers a peak into Mamie Eisenhower’s life in the White House. The era is known as the Fabulous Fifties. We have the Golden Age of Television, the Edsel, ducktail haircuts, poodle skirts, the Salk vaccine and the Hula Hoop. Volume III contains comments by each succeeding First Lady (Jackie, Lady Bird, Pat, Betty, Rosalynn, Nancy, Barbara and Hillary), who also have diaries of their own (Volumes IV – XI). Over the years the women have created a First Ladies’ primer in which they share lessons learned, and give tips on how to handle their job, the press, the public, the White House staff, their children and, most of all, their husbands. The shear voyeuristic nature of diaries is appealing, but when they are about the last eleven First Ladies, they are even more intriguing. This is history with an attitude.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

What Pamela Thorson has done in this collection is to unbundle and rebundle history. The volumes provide a wholly new perspective on history by letting us see facts commented on over time as values change and history explains itself. We see all this through the eyes of succeeding First Ladies. A brilliant project.

From the Author

Find out what these incredible First Ladies thought about, lived through and wrote down. The full collection should be available by summer of 2003. Let me hear your thoughts and comments. Please email me at [e-mail]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 164 pages
• Publisher: Sterling-Miller Publishing Company (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931791057
• ISBN-13: 978-0931791055
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,915,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)