Madame de Yakuza
[Kuntjoro Hadi
History of geisha, biography, and role of Dewi Soekarno, one of Soekarno's wives, the first president of Indonesia in politics.
Read Time: ~7.4 hr
Bess W. Truman
by Margaret Truman (1986)
About this book
This is the astonishing story of Bess W. Truman and her love for her husband, Harry, as only their daughter could tell it. Bess W. Truman is more than a rare, intimate, and surprising portrait of a famous First Lady, it is also the heartwarming story of an enduing love and a remarkable political partnership. Margaret Truman has been able to draw on her own personal reminiscences and a treasure trove of 1,000 letters from Bess and several hundred from Harry, never before published. For the first time, Margaret Truman reveals the strong role her mother played in harry Truman's important political decisions -- during his ascent to the Senate, the Vice-Presidency, and to the White House itself. And we see history from the inside out as the lives of Harry and Bess evoke the great events of the Truman era: dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the stunning upset of Thomas Dewey, the firing of Douglas MacArthur at the height of the Korean War, the vicious McCarthy hearings, and more. Bess W. Truman recreates the human drama of an extraordinary woman and a man who became a beloved American president.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreBess W. Truman Lead Character
Readers who enjoyed this also loved
Dolly Madison
Mary R. Davidson
A biography of the fourth president's wife, whose accomplishments included saving valuable documents when the British burned the White House during the War of 1812.
Memoirs and letters of Dolly Madison
her grand-niece
Letters written by the wife of the fourth president, a bright intelligent woman who took a lively interest in what was passing about her. Sprightly and entertaining, giving valuable accounts of important historical events. Short narrative statements by editor connect letters and explains allusions. — A.L.A. Catalog 1904
Tipper Gore
Barbara Kramer
Chronicles the political and personal life of the wife of Vice President Al Gore, focusing on her work with the Parents Music Resource Center and the National Mental Health Association, the books she has written, and her duties as "Second Lady" of the United States.