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Presidential Wives
by Paul F. Boller
ISBN: 0195121422
ISBN-13: 9780195121421
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
Published date: 1999
Edition: 2nd edition
Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
Pages: 576
Publisher's Notes
At once funny and poignant, dramatic and illuminating, this anecdotal history covers every First Lady from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton. "A marvelously entertaining work".--"Newsday".
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