The President's Wife

[Gene C]

(07-03-2015 11:43 AM)LincolnToddFan Wrote:  Hi Anita...thanks much!

I know that Jean Baker's bio of Mary is considered seminal, and it is indeed very "dispassionate" which from the standpoint of the historian makes it very valuable.

But as a layperson who is the opposite of dispassionate I much prefer the Ruth Painter Randall biography of Mary. It's as sympathetic as can be without slipping toward whitewash, or hagiography.

I liked Randall's book too