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Edith and Woodrow

The Wilson White House

by Phyllis Lee Levin

ISBN: 0743211588
ISBN-13: 9780743211581
Format: Hardcover

Summary

This study of the relationship between Woodrow Wilson and his second wife, Edith Bolling Gault, tells how they met after the death of his first wife, and how they quickly married. Edith became a trusted advisor and partner in his governing, and is said to have been his proxy while he recovered from a stroke.

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"[A] rich, rousing narrative that begins as a romance and ends as an 'outrage visited on the country's institutions.' The tale is not new. But Levin tells it with authority and verve." -- Jeff Shesol

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Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published date: 2001
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.05 pounds
Pages: 606

Publisher's Notes

Revealing and meticulously researched, the story of Woodrow Wilson and his second wife focuses on the role she played in running the country in the wake of the president's debilitating stroke.

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