About this title: Explores the lives of women who helped shape the United States, profiling such key figures as Abigail Adams, Eliza Pinkney, Dolley Payne Madison, Deborah Read Franklin, and Catherine Littlefield Greene.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date Published: 04/2004
ISBN-13:9780060090258ISBN:0060090251
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780060090258ISBN:0060090251
Description: Good in Good jacket. BOMC/Book Club. Used hardcover with dust jacket. Both are in good condition with light wear to dust jacket. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: HarperLargePrint
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780060533311ISBN:0060533315
Description: A good reading copy only. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. May have underlining or highlighting throughout. Writing on outside front cover-, Trade PaperBack, Good / read more
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow
Date Published: 2004-04-01
ISBN-13:9780060090258ISBN:0060090251
Description: Fair. No names, no marks, no stickers. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. DJ has crease in front flap. Lower front corner (approx. 1# high) of spine and DJ damaged. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060090265ISBN:006009026X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages are tanning at the edges. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 384 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very Good. 006009026X 25898 PB; spine smooth, text clean, cover has slight shelf wear-allow up to 21 business days for standard USPS media ma i l. wt1lbpf. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780060090258ISBN:0060090251
Description: Fine. No dust jacket. Great used copy, no writing or marks. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 384 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2/15/2005
ISBN-13:9780060090265ISBN:006009026X
Description: Fine. 006009026X Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black ink mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
"I found this book very interesting and was happy to hear how the women helped in creating our country. Towards the end of the book I had trouble keeping track of all the women and who they were related to (this seemed to get quite complicated with some of them), but overall I thought the book did a good job of describing many of the women who were influential in the founding of the US and the important roles that each of them played. I also liked how their stories made the founding fathers seem more human to me and it seems like the politics of today really aren't that different from back then."
"This was a second read. I have read enough other books about this time period that I am more familiar with the characters...who they married....who they wrote to...other names they were known by....who else they were married to......what they did to contribute to the founding of our nation( and it was significant!).....and how they fit in with the time line of events. As fascinating as the book is, I found it difficult to follow time lines and relationships due to the way Ms. Roberts presents the characters & events. 2nd read is much better and I really feel she's done an excellent job identifying how important the women were to the forming of our country and what Patriots they were. This book made me feel more intimately acquainted with these wonderful women and their sacrifices. I hope Ms. Roberts writes continues to write about women and history."
"this is a history of the american revolution and first years of the country told from the perspective of the women involved in it, usually as wives and mothers of important dudes, and largely extracted from their correspondence with each other and with their men. what was a collection of disparate, vaguely familiar-sounding Revolutionary events is now a more coherent narrative in my head, though i still forget dates as soon as i read them. reading this also makes me appreciate living when i do, as otherwise i would have had 7 kids by now, of which 5 would be dead, and i wouldn't own my awesome flat-screen TV, because all my stuff would belong to my husband. my big question, though is why historical folk were so much more eloquent than we are these days, because every freakin' letter they write is better composed than anything i've EVER written, let alone some random email to my mom. what's up with that?"
"It is clear that Cokie Roberts (1) knows these women and their stories well and (2) likes them. It is interesting to read about the women who did so much during the War for Independence and the early days of the United States of America. Ms. Roberts has a firm grasp of history and the place of these early women in it.
Having said that, I found this a hard book to read. I suppose every writer of history faces a decision about how to present the material. I was hoping for a set of mini-biographies of these amazing women. Instead, Roberts presents the material as part of a history of the war and the early days of the republic. Unfortunately, the material is so dense that it is hard to keep track of who is who and to remember what they have done earlier in the book. Sometimes she breaks out of chronological sequence, flashing backward or forward in time. Reaching the end of the book, I have a sense of appreciation for these remarkable women, but I don't have clear pictures of each one an an individual."
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