Scandals; Seduction; Addiction; Adultery; Horrific Fashions—And the White House?!? Your high school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the First Ladies features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the women of the White House—complete with hundreds of little-known; politically incorrect; and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that: • Dolley Madison loved to chew tobacco • Mary Todd Lincoln conducted séances on a regular basis • Eleanor Roosevelt and Ellen Wilson both carried guns • Jacqueline Kennedy spent $121;000 on her wardrobe in a single year • Betty Ford liked to chat on CB radios—her handle was “First Mama†• Hillary Clinton dreamed of being an astronaut • And much; much more With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House; Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school!
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Highly thought-provoking. Very readable; and a must for ...By DPopHighly thought-provoking. Very readable; and a must for anyone doubting the value of freedom. We read this for our book group and it never failed to spark discussion.95 of 97 people found the following review helpful. This may be Ibn Warraq's best book!By Geoff PuterbaughI am a long-standing fan of Ibn Warraq. I thoroughly enjoyed his ground-breaking book; Why I Am Not a Muslim; and especially liked one of his follow-up books; Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays.But this may be his best book yet.I have to say; right off the bat; that it is biased. It seems to have been created as a document to refute anti-American (and anti-Western) leftists. It is quite definitely a reply to the "wets;" who can find nothing wrong in the world except for "Western racism; imperialism; and genocide." And Warraq's reply is not antagonistic; in any way. It could be summed up as; "You don't know nothing yet."The book begins with a surprising; but delightful; hymn to New York City. Warraq has previously written about "how he became an Englishman;" but by now he is clearly an Englishman in love with New York. He takes two separate tracks in praising the city: the first is (again; surprisingly) his love affair with Tin Pan Alley and the best of the American musicals; and the second is his visit to a place that might be called "Little India;" where every imaginable Indian product is for sale to the crowds which appear every day -- delicious curries and the ingredients which go into them; Indian silks and saris -- and so on: the complete list would consume this entire review!But Ibn Warraq is most informative on subjects like slavery and imperialism. On slavery; he dispassionately points out the worst offenders in the matter of slavery (the Arabs; and perhaps the Africans themselves) and points out that the end of slavery came from the West. It certainly did not come from Medina or Marrakesh; Algiers or Tunis. There are many more interesting facts which will surprise most readers.On imperialism; he is quite astonishing. He points out; en passant; the admiration of Western scholars for the Islamic conquest of the world; while of course there is no admiration of any sort for the British Empire. Warraq goes into this in devastating detail; when he compares the Islamic "raj" in India with the British "raj" in India. The Islamic "raj" lasted 700 years and left nothing good behind it. It left only a record of destruction. It managed to destroy Buddhism in India; as well as most of the Buddhist temples; and it destroyed Hindu temples by the thousand. (It also destroyed Hindu people by the "lakh.")The "ferocious; imperialist" Britons; on the other hand; had a "raj" which lasted 200 years. And; when they left; they left behind them ports; roads; railways; the English law; English parliamentary democracy; universities; the English language; and Indians well-educated in medicine; law; science and other fields. As Dinesh D'Souza remarked; "Other than that; the British did absolutely nothing for India."As I remarked at the opening; this book is biased. Don't open it and expect to find another catalog of the sins of the West; real and imaginary. What you will find here is a robust and highly effective defense of what the West has done RIGHT; including human rights; freedom; democracy; and -- perhaps most important -- the freedom to construct your own life by your own lights.Put this one on your required reading list!!5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. very well researched and informativeBy dmsuttoVery interesting and easy to read. Very well researched. 60 pages of bibliography. He draws information from sources as varied as Plato; Martin Luther; the Apostle Paul; Gandi; muslim leaders; and Christopher Hitchens. He uses all of the major religious books of the world and period writers for the last 2500 years from all over the world; his own personall experiences and historians to boot.
