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Title: Florence Harding: The First Lady, the Jazz Age, and the Death of America's Most Scandalous President by Carl Sferrazza Anthony ISBN: 0-688-07794-3 Publisher: Harpercollins Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A thorough study of a complex personality
Comment: I confess that before reading this book I knew little of Florence Harding beyond the rumor that she poisoned her husband. After reading Mr. Anthony's excellent work I know feel that I know of her better. I'm just not sure I like her. Yes, she was an activist First Lady, sometimes even overshadowing her husband. And she certainly was single-minded in her drive to get Harding to the White House. But at what cost? She essentially abandoned her son, seeing little of him during his short life. Her involvement with her grandchildren was minimal at best. She had no close friends outside of Evalyn McLean, with the possible exception of "Doc" Sawyer, although that relationship was more one of interdependence. See what I mean about complex? Mr. Anthony has done a great job in partially rehabilitating the Duchess' historical image. It's a shame the selfish Mrs. Harding in a sense inhibited her biographer by burning nearly all of her husband's presidential papers. As an aside, I couldn't help noticing parallels between Harding's administration and the current one. See if you agree.
Rating: 5
Summary: A scholarly book that reads like a thriller!
Comment: In this biography of Florence Harding, Carl Anthony portrays an unfogettable cast of colorful and shady individuals who continued to influence American politics long after the Hardings' brief tenure. What a treat to read a page-turner that is also impeccably researched, richly annotated, and painstakingly attributed! The characters, especially the Hardings and their intimates, are deeply drawn with both compassion and accuracy, leaving the reader to form his own judgments. The machinations of politics are described in chilling detail. Anthony takes advantage of newly available material to answer mysteries which have long shadowed the Harding legacy, in a way no previous author could have done. The book is not without its shortcomings. In some places, the verbiage is thickly entangled, with absurd grammatical errors ("Late into the warm spring night poker games, illuminated by strings of tiny white bulbs, the popular songs of Tin Pan Alley and racing pieces in the new jazz sound wafted as far out as Evalyn's new greenhouses as she cranked the Victrola.") Anthony's descriptions of Mrs. Harding's medical problems make little sense in terms of today's knowledge. Also, I feel he employs an exaggerated sense of melodrama in relating the circumstances of Harding's death. However, compared to the other Harding literature I've read, this is far away the best-researched and most objective. Overall--one of the best books I've read on politics, the Jazz Age, and the hypocrises of public life.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Magnificent Work!
Comment: How to make a fairly dull and unpleasant like Florence Harding come alive is a difficult enough feat, however the author does a splendid job of doing it! Expertly researched and pleasantly told, Mrs. Harding comes off far better than she has ever been depicted before - and perhaps even better than she deserves.
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Title: The Dark Horse: The Surprise Election and Political Murder of President James A. Garfield by Kenneth D. Ackerman ISBN: 0786711515 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: LINCOLN by David Herbert Donald ISBN: 068482535X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 05 November, 1996 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Grand Old Party: A History of the Republicans by Lewis L. Gould ISBN: 0375507418 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro ISBN: 0394528360 Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Pub. Date: 23 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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