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Summary: Timeless, Entertaining, Informative
Review: A fun book to read, once you start it's hard to put down. It's easy to find a time frame of your special interest. The reference and source detail is the best I've ever seen. The thorough coverage on every offspring with detailed background on their lives is most impressive. These are stories that need to be told for people to truly understand the high price and sacrifice our presidents and their families make in serving our country. You must own this book for yourself and as a future reference for your children. Doug Wead deserves a special thanks for identifying this unique topic with a first class presentation.
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Summary: All the Presidents Children is a Great Insight
Review: All the Presidents Children takes you on a journey into an area of Presidential access that you would never have the opportunity to experience unless you lived next door to the White House. I found the book to be a great read, and as well, it provided me a better understanding of things Presidential. This is one book you will want to keep on your shelf, for others to enjoy, and to serve as a historical reference for time to come.
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Summary: A must read!
Review: An excellent book, hands down. It enthralled with the rich historical detail (I had just finished reading The Adams Women, and it was a delight to read about some of the same people from a slightly different perspective) and challenged me to evaluate the kind of parent I have been to my grown children. Every American should read this book, and every parent should also. Especially those of us who tend to think that our actions have little affect on our children's lives. How wrong we are.I checked the book out of the Sacramento County Library system, where I had to wait weeks to get it. And there are more than 400 holds on it after me (guess I had better return it instead of reading it again). I recommend that you go put your name on the list at your local library. Or buy it, of course! But read it.
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Summary: Presidents Look Different
Review: Books on presidents fascinate me and this one was totally different from any I had ever seen or heard of. The stories of the daughters were especially interesting.
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Summary: Tremendous.
Review: Brilliant insight on an almost secretive subject. Doug Wead's writing offers an informative "peek" at the inner lives of Presidential kids. The search for approval and the unique trials and emotional hardships are eye-opening. I found the book left me with a mixed feeling of empathy and admiration for children raised under such exceptional circumstances.
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Summary: History Comes Alive
Review: Doug Wead has an approach that is somewhere between history, psychology, gossip, inspiration, and side splitting humor. From young Lincoln to Teddy Roosevelt's daughter, it is hard to put this book down. As a fervent reader of history and biographies, I got not only what I expected, i.e., insight into the family legacies left by our nation's leaders, but also, a very funny, sometimes almost irreverent yet touching narrative with the most unexpected protagonists. Obviously, it's not easy growing up as a President's kid. Weads depiction of historical facts and events is a wonderful time machine that brings us into the most intimate moments and secrets of the anterooms of power. I'd like to get my hands on other books Wead wrote.
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Summary: Life and Lessons in the Fishbowl
Review: Doug Wead is a master storyteller. In his latest book, he has scripted a fascinating look at presidential kids. It gave me a whole new perspective on such public lives. I think what pleased me most was that he focuses on lessons learned, rather than making a judgment about one part of a life and branding the presidential child in perpetuity. He tells stories of forgiveness and reconciliation, strength and service. I came away with new respect for presidential children who had been tarred with a cynical brush. Of course, he also throws in juicy gossipy bits about Alice Roosevelt Longworth and others to make his readers laugh. Thanks, Doug Wead, for a fascinating read.
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Summary: Something for everyone!
Review: Doug Wead's book on Presidential Children has something for everyone. It's a must-read for all History buffs... well researched, hundreds of references and source notes, facts not found in other books!
Parents will discover how to raise successful kids!
Teachers will find it an extremely helpful resourse book when teaching about our presidents. It brings the Presidential families to life.
Ladies, there's a whole chapter dedicated to WH weddings.
It's a well written, entertaining, & educational book with something for all!
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Summary: Could have been better
Review: Doug Wead's new book "All the Presidents' Children" offers good insights into the lives of presidential offspring. While he takes more time with some short biographies than others, he includes a final individual summary of all of the children near the end of the book. This was an undertaking well worth the time. The problem with "All the Presidents' Children" largely has to do with the unnerving number of inaccuracies. For instance, Millard Fillmore was never "elected" thirteenth president. And Martha Johnson could never have lived to see Teddy Roosevelt sworn in as president....she had died two months earlier. Sometimes Wead's conclusions are downright silly. He claims that Richard Taylor somehow had been able to forecast that the South would lose the Civil War even as the war began. That's some prescience! Wead's writing style is not very gripping, either, although the entries on Alice Roosevelt, Charlie Taft and Michael Reagan are done well. At the conclusion of the book the author admits to having had difficulty sorting out all the details. The question then is why was this book rushed to print? Some more careful research could have helped. The lives of the children of our presidents range from A to Z. If for this reason alone, "All the Presidents' Men" is a worthwhile effort. It's just too bad much of it gets lost in the details.
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Summary: A MUST READ FOR ALL AMERICAN HISTORY BUFFS
Review: Doug Wead, in "All the Presidents'Children," has written a masterful book that is enticing, insightful, and brings vivid color and understanding of our American Presidents through their offspring. The lives of these children range from thrilling to tragic. It matters whom these children were, whether their youth brought smiles to the population (the adorable baby Ruth Cleveland who died too young, the vibrant Caroline and John Kennedy, Jr. who helped our nation heal) or their earnest commitment to social causes, internationalism, democracy, faith, and sacrifice (Margaret Woodrow Wilson) formed a covenant of peace with nations such as France. This book will fascinate, inspire awe, and be passed from one generation to the next. It is perfect family reading and a must for all history buffs. Each story is riveting. Each life was worthwhile and deserves our attention. Only a storyteller with the insight and sensitivity of Doug Wead could bring dignity to these distinguished and often beloved children. It truly is a "MUST READ!"
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