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| Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation | 
 enlarge | Author: Cokie Roberts
Publisher: William Morrow
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 2302
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.7 x 1.7
ISBN: 006078234X
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780060782344
ASIN: 006078234X
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 History Review May 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book fleshed out so much history that we knew or didn't know in the time frame from President Washington to President John Quincy Adams.There were political situations that were as relevant as today's newspapers. I feel it would be a fine reader for high school or early college where so many topics are brushed aside.
Rich! A great read! May 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great read, in large part because the story is told from a perspective that was ignored in the history classes I was exposed to. The women who lived during this period in our country's history were historians in their own right - recording history, and their thoughts on those events, in letters that luckily survived to this day. Cokie Roberts has a writing style that is easy and engaging and keeps the reader wanting to know more. This is the most enjoyable book devoted to history that I've ever read. Well done!
 Two Stars August 9, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I must be the only one who found Ladies of Liberty difficult to read. The ladies and their lives were very interesting or would have been but the way Cokie Roberts presented it. Jumping from one to another sometimes it would be on Abigail Adams and then jump without notice to another lady or it would go on several pages about a different set of ladies and then jump back to Abigail Adams which made it very hard for me to keep up let alone finish reading.
It would have been easier and simpler and less messy to devote parts or chapters to one lady and then moved on to the next. It was messy and disconjointed and I gave up after a few chapters. If you like that style of written then you'll love this book. If not you won't.
A Deserving Book April 24, 2008
1 out of 10 found this review helpful
That certainly warrants National Acclaim- by Author Paul D. Cohn, "Sao Tome".
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 Not As God As The First May 14, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Cokie Roberts is a brilliant person. This book, however, appears to have been written with the leftovers from her previous work, Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation, which is vastly better.
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