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Mrs. William Howard Taft

 
9781331342588: Recollections of Full Years (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Step behind the scenes of a historic life—from Philippine expeditions to the White House era.

This memoir offers intimate glimpses of Mrs. Taft’s public duties, personal moments, and the social world that shaped early 20th-century America. In these pages, you’ll meet a woman who helped steer a nation’s social calendar, hosted world leaders, and balanced family life with public service. The narrative blends travel, ceremony, and politics with family memories, painting a vivid portrait of the Taft years in Manila, Washington, and beyond.

  • Behind-the-scenes stories of state dinners, garden parties, and Diplomatic receptions
  • Personal reflections on family, motherhood, and the pressures of public life
  • Snapshots from long journeys, cultural encounters, and key moments in American history
  • A firsthand view of the White House as a home, workplace, and stage for national events
Ideal for readers of presidential-era memoirs and historical biographies who want an accessible, insider’s perspective on public service, family, and the social life of America’s early 1900s.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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