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Lisa Grunwald

Women's Letters

America from the Revolutionary War to the Present

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Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women's singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington's portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a note of thanks to a New York City firefighter, asking him, Were you afraid?”The letters gathered here also offer fresh ins… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Adler, Stephen J. / Kennedy, Jacqueline / Monroe, Marilyn / Revere, Rachel
  • ISBN: 978-0-385-33556-0
  • EAN: 9780385335560
  • Produktnummer: 3259809
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
  • Seitenangabe: 832 S.

Über den Autor


Lisa Grunwald is the author of the novels Whatever Makes You Happy, New Year's Eve, The Theory of Everything, and Summer. She is a former magazine editor. Stephen J. Adler is editor in chief of Business Week magazine and author of The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom. Grunwald and Adler live with their two children in New York City.

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