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Are You Prepared for the Storm of Lovemaking
Releasing from Simon and Schuster 6-Feb-2024, Are You Prepared for the Storm of Lovemaking?
Grace Goodhue was born on January 3, 1879. She was a teacher at a school for the deaf across the street from a building where a young man named Calvin Coolidge lived. One day she glanced out her own window and into his, and spotted him shaving. Grace was surprised to find him wearing a derby hat. She was embarrassed when he noticed her looking at him, so to make up for it, she sent him a potted plant. (You can read all about it in our book Are You Prepared For the Storm of Lovemaking: Letters of Love and Lust from the White House). That was the beginning of a friendship that would lead to romance, marriage, and finally a political career that would end in the White House. At first, Grace’s mother would oppose the romance, but after Calvin became president, Grace’s mother claimed he would never have gotten that far without Grace.![]()
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Image caption: Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, full-length portrait, standing on stairs, right profile. , ca. 1925. Photograph. www.loc.gov/item/97502198/.
With the rest of the country, we mourn the passing of Jimmy Carter. We wrote about his legendary 77-year marriage to Rosalynn Carter (born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith), who passed away in 2023. You can read some of what they each had to say about their lovestory in our book Are You Prepared for the Storm of Lovemaking? Letters of Love and Lust from the White House. It’s out in paperback at the begining of February. ![]()
NYT review: www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/books/review/hoobler-president-correspondence.html![]()
WSJ review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/are-you-prepared-for-the-storm-of-love-making-review-the-passion-w…![]()
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Image information: Gotfryd, B., photographer. (1977) Rosalynn Carter with Pres. Jimmy Carter as she leaves for Latin America, Brunswick airport. United States Georgia, 1977. May. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2020734792/.
On December 18, 1915, Woodrow Wilson married Edith Bolling Galt. Both had been widowed, so it was the second marriage for both, and by all accounts was a happy one. ![]()
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In our book, we start this story by noting that "Wilson’s![]()
cousin Helen Bones, who sipped tea with Wilson, Edith, and Dr.![]()
Grayson at the first private meeting of the couple, said, “I can’t say that I foresaw in the first minute what was going to happen. It may have taken ten minutes." ![]()
To know more, get Are You Prepared For the Storm of Lovemaking: Letters of Love and Lust from the White House!![]()
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Image: Harris & Ewing, photographer. (1920) President Woodrow Wilson, seated at desk with his wife, Edith Bolling Galt, standing at his side. United States, 1920. June. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2005684886/.
A couple of days late, but – Happy marriage anniversary to Theodore Roosevelt and his second wife, Edith Kermit Carew. On Dec. 2, 1880, the pair wed. They had known each other since childhood, but only got married after the death of Roosevelt’s first wife, Alice. She died giving birth to a daughter, who Roosevelt left as an infant with his relative. He went west, swearing he would never marry again–but a few years later, they reconnected and married, adding five more children to the family.![]()
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Image: Title: Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, at home in the White House, Washington, U.S.A., ca. 1903![]()
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Summary: Stereograph shows Mrs. Edith Roosevelt seated at a desk writing.![]()
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s03686 (digital file from ![]()
Call Number: LOT 13664, no. 19 [P&P]
On November 25, 1795, William Henry Harrison married Anna Symmes. Her father opposed the marriage, so they waited until he was away on business. Later her father confronted Harrison, asking him how he planned to support a wife and family. Harrison replied, "With my sword and my strong right arm." They had ten children. ![]()
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Image: Pelton, O., Hoit, A. G. & Kimberly, D. (ca. 1842) William Henry Harrison / painted by A.G. Hoit,; engraved by O. Pelton & D. Kimberly. United States, ca. 1842. [Boston, Massachusetts: Published by Charles A. Wakefield, No. 56 Cornhill, Boston, Printed by Charles Thomas] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/2015647091/.