NPR American Chronicles: First Ladies (Audiobook)

from dschander

This 3-disc set compiles NPR stories about a diverse collection of women, all tied together in history by being First Lady. Early First Ladies are discussed by historians, journalists, and artists. As time and technology progresses, we also begin to hear from the First Ladies themselves, from spe...

from smallwonder56

I just finished listening to the CD version of NPR American Chronicles: First Ladies and it has made for an informative and entertaining afternoon. There are profiles of many of the first ladies and interviews with the more recent ones. What you gather from listening to the 3 discs is that the fi...

from ksnider

Like others in the NPR American Chronicles, this is a compilation of broadcasts from NPR. Cokie Roberts just provides the segways between them. Most of the broadcasts about the earlier first ladies, are discussions with authors of biographies. However, Mrs. Lincoln is discussed in an interview wi...

from WeeziesBooks

Listening to the stories, letters and voices of the first ladies was a treat. In interviews conducted by NPR, we were given sippets and glimpses of the first ladies and their lives celebrating and reviewing their causes, passions and roles while they served as first lady. Some of the interviews p...

from dablackwood

I received these CDs as an Early Reviewer. I really enjoy listening to books in my car and this selection worked particularly well that way. The entries are fairly brief and lend themselves to a car ride. I don't know that I necessarily learned much new. I listen to NPR quite a bit and have heard...