Presidential Wives

In Presidential Wives Paul Boller brings his gift for telling detail to bear on the women our Presidents married and the result is a biographical feat--at once funny and poignant dramatic and illuminating covering every First Lady from Martha Washington to Hillary Rodham Clinton. Boller devotes a full chapter to each of his subjects featuring an incisive biographical essay followed by a selection of revealing anecdotes. Through his portrayal of such a diverse group of women Boller sheds new light on how much the institution of the presidency tells us about ourselves and our life as a nation. First published in 1988 this second edition has been revised to include updated information on people such as Nancy Reagan and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis a new preface and new chapters devoted to Barbara Bush and Hillary Rodham Clinton.