MY DEAR PRESIDENT: LETTERS BETWEEN PRESIDENTS AND THEIR WIVES

Book ID/图书代码： 01899006B00812

English Summary/英文概要： More than half of the warm and inspiring personal correspondence included here has never before been published, making this a historic as well as a heartfelt compilation that reveals the private side of our most public figures.This beautiful and fascinating collection of letters, telegrams, cables, memos, and cards between U.S. presidents and their wives has been culled from the Library of Congress and various presidential libraries and private collections. It is the most comprehensive ever put together, and is sure to cast new light on our leaders in their most private and vulnerable moments. Each letter appears in its entirety, with the original spelling and grammar intact, and is set in historic context for a full sense of the moment that formed its backdrop. In most cases, exchanges are included, forming a dialogue between husband and wife.Gerard W. Gawalt has divided the book thematically into such topics as love, war, politics, travel, and sorrow. Each section is illustrated with handsome and historic artwork from the LOC’s own collection, much of it never before published. Biographies of the correspondents are included, as well as sources for further reading. Like its successful counterpart, First Daughters, My Dear President is bound to become a cherished gift for history buffs for years to come.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 公諸於世的總統秘密

本書中超過半數的私人信函都是首都公諸於世，透過字裏行間的脈脈溫情及呵護關懷，讀者可以看到隱藏在第一家庭背後平凡且真實的一面。
來源於國會圖書館、總統圖書館以及眾多的私人收藏，書中收錄了大量美國總統與第一夫人之間的通信往來：信件、電報、便箋以及卡片。作為有史以來最為全面的一次匯總，本書必定會向我們揭示出總統們真性且脆弱的一面。對於最初的拼寫和語法進行了通篇保留，每封信件都將以其真實完整的內容，原封不動地呈現在讀者面前；再結合上每份書信所處的時代環境，令致讀者能夠全面感受到其中所蘊含著的濃重歷史背景及氛圍，真正做到了原汁原味。大多數情況下，通信雙方的書函會被一併收錄其中，以一種夫妻間對話的方式展現在讀者面前。
作者傑拉德.W.格瓦特還以書信主題為標準，對全書進行了歸類，劃分為感情相關類信件、戰爭相關類信件、政治相關類信件、旅行相關類信件以及互訴衷腸等信件。於此同時，每一章節還配有精美的歷史插畫，皆出自LOC的珍藏，絕大多數都是首次面世；更有人物簡介及詳盡的出處記載，以供讀者進一步的研究閱讀。(AW & CL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Gerard W. Gawalt has for more than thirty years been a writer, a specialist in American history, and a curator of the papers of presidential families at the Library of Congress. His other books include First Daughters, The Declaration of Independence and the Evolution of the Text, and Thomas Jefferson: Genius of Liberty.

Format:HARDCOVER ILLUSTRATED

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