The wife of President Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979) represented what was to 1950s America the ideal American wife: exuding quiet strength, finding satisfaction in domestic d...
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Frederick Seidel, one of the world's most inspired and unusual poets, orders an espresso and Pellegrino at the Carlyle Hotel.It is late morning, dark and cozy in the Carlyle's Gallery lounge. The T...
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Barry H. Landau, presidential collector and connoisseur, remembers the time he was dancing with Betty Ford at the White House and Fred Astaire cut in. Oh?"I recall I was doing a `Lindy' with Mrs. F...
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Not so long ago, what happened behind closed doors in the White House was nobody’s business. Some of the most celebrated presidents in U.S. history—Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Dela...
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Mamie Doud Eisenhower
Poet Seidel relates his inspired life
