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The Burning of the White House: James and Dolley… Tekijä: Jane Hampton Cook

It is difficult to review a historical accout of events that attempts to descibe not only the events, themselves, but also the opinions and attitudes of the players. This book is a very interesting version of this period in American history, focusing on Mrs. Madison.
I enjoyed the book and the focus on the people of the events.

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KeithK999 | Dec 3, 2023 |

American Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the… Tekijä: Jane Hampton Cook

This book had many flaws: (1) The writing was often atrocious: Why didn't he ask Madison to hold the seat open until he could return the following year? The possibility squeezed his principles as tightly as Louisa's preterm contractions wrenched her womb. (2) The timeline in the last section was completely fractured, repeatedly jumping forward and backward in time and place for both Louisa and John, so that it was too tedious and annoying to track what was really going on. (3) Charles and Kitty were basically MIA from most of the narrative, even though I think they were there every day.

However, with the exception of the absence of Charles and Kitty, the story was told in just the right amount of detail. I liked the author's brief and always relevant explanations of historical context (e.g., the Orders of Council), I liked her feel for the Adams's day-to-day life in St. Petersburg, I liked her detailed sourcing. This book helped me understand why Monroe and Jefferson got into so much debt while serving as foreign ministers, now that I see the social expectations Adams had to resist. And I have a much, much better feel for how the wars of Napoleon were related to the War of 1812. The book was definitely worth my time, but I wish it had been better written/edited.… (lisätietoja)

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read.to.live | Aug 3, 2015 |

What Does the President Look Like? Tekijä: Jane Hampton Cook

I really liked this book. It did not hit on every president our country has seen but it did hit on the ones that were around when specific new technology came into play. I would really love to use this during a social studies lesson. Not only did it tell about the different technology that has helped us get to know our presidents, but it also gave many fun facts that would be great for students to know, and would probably help them enjoy the story more.

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LauraMcQueen | 1 muu arvostelu | Apr 16, 2013 |

What Does the President Look Like? Tekijä: Jane Hampton Cook

Great look at how media technologies have impacted history.

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Sullywriter | 1 muu arvostelu | Apr 3, 2013 |

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