Friday, July 2, 2010

About Books, July 3, 2010

Michael O'Brien writes about an interesting adventure in Mrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon. Mrs. Adams is the wife of John Quincy Adams. She and her young son set off from St. Petersburg on a 2000 mile trip by horse and carriage to meet her husband in Paris. This was unheard of in 1815 and it did a lot to boost the confidence of this future first lady.

Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm

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