Marilyn Irvin Holt
Auteur van The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America (Bison Book)
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Marilyn Irvin Holt is former director of publications at the Kansas Historical Society and has served as a research consultant for the PBS American Experience series.
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- 7
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- 172
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- #124,308
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- 3.7
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- 5
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- 17
I wish the book had been more encompassing, though I understand its premise. This short volume in the Modern First Ladies series focusses on Mamie's White House years. Often overlooked by historians as a boring grandmother-type, Mamie was incredibly active and took a vast interest in those she received and entertained. She was certainly the right fit for the White House during the time she lived there.
Excellent reading.… (meer)