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Book Review: A Perfect Union
By Mike Klaassen
Last edited: Friday, November 09, 2007
Posted: Thursday, November 09, 2006
Book Review of A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation, by Catherine Allgor, Henry Holt & Co.
A FASCINATING LOOK INTO THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DOLLEY MADISONI picked up a copy of A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation, by Catherine Allgor as research material for a novel set during the War of 1812. I had already read The Velvet Glove: A Life of Dolley Madison, by Noel Bertram Gerson, but I wanted more detail and insight regarding President and Mrs. Madison. I wasn't disappointed. A Perfect Union is packed full . . .   
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