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Film, Video My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives

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Title

  • My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives

Summary

  • Library of Congress manuscript historian Gerard Gawalt discussed his new book "My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives," in a program sponsored by the Center for the Book. Published by the Library of Congress in association with Black Dog & Leventhal, this compelling anthology draws upon the Library's vast collections of presidential papers to open a unique window into the special husband-wife relationships of our first families. Through 184 letters, telegrams and cables, "My Dear President" offers an intimate look into the private lives of American presidents and their wives--from George and Martha Washington to Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton--during courtship and marriage, in times of joy and times of sorrow, in wartime and in peace.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Center for the Book, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2006-03-30.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Presidents

Notes

  • -  Classification: History: America.
  • -  Gerard Gawalt.
  • -  Recorded on 2006-03-30.
  • -  Kids, Families.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021687748

Online Format

  • video
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-30, 2006. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687748/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Center For The Book, S. B. (2006) My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-30. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021687748/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Center For The Book. My Dear President: Letters Between Presidents and Their Wives. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -03-30, 2006. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021687748/>.