Former First Lady Provides Hope for Todays Women

As Americans struggle through an onslaught of complex and frightening current events, such as the military action in Iraq, the outbreak of SARS, and increased panic over the threat of terrorist attacks on our own soil, many people are turning to the past in search of heroes and guidance. In her book Mrs. Ike (Capital Books), Susan Eisenhower offers us a much needed role model and hero -- her grandmother, Mamie Eisenhower.

(PR WEB) As Americans struggle through an onslaught of complex and frightening current events, such as the military action in Iraq, the outbreak of SARS, and increased panic over the threat of terrorist attacks on our own soil, many people are turning to the past in search of heroes and guidance. In her book Mrs. Ike (Capital Books), Susan Eisenhower offers us a much needed role model and hero -- her grandmother, Mamie Eisenhower.

In this superb biography of a complex marriage, Susan Eisenhower presents her grandmother as her grandfather saw her -- an heroic and irresistible figure in her own right. In an era where Americans are desperately seeking heroes and mentors, here is the story of how a saucy young lady from Denver meets her match in handsome Ike Eisenhower, a farm boy fresh out of West Point, and becomes the Army wife par excellence. They were two very passionate and private people whose 53-year marriage, much of it lived in the public eye, survived great tragedies, misunderstandings, and adventures -- and led to glowing triumphs in World War II and the White House.

Best-selling author and historian Stephen Ambrose called Mrs. Ike ...a work of solid scholarship, full of surprises and new documents--including never-before-seen letters from Ike (signed "Your Lover) to Mamie. Susan Eisenhower writes with sensitivity and insight about her grandmother bringing Mamie to life with vivid vignettes and anecdotes, Ike, too....Susan Eisenhower shows us how it was done. One is lost in admiration for both the subject and her granddaughter-biographer."

Susan Eisenhower is the president of the Eisenhower Group and chair of the Center of Post-Soviet Studies. She writes for many magazines and newspapers and is a frequent public speaker. She lives near Washington, D.C.

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