W.M. Akers, a contributor to The New York Occasions Ebook Evaluation, just lately learn a brand new assortment of presidential love letters that delighted him. It’s known as “Are You Ready for the Storm of Love Making: Letters of Love and Lust from the White Home,” by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler. On this episode, W.M. shares just a few of his favourite excerpts from Calvin Coolidge, Richard Nixon and Warren G. Harding. Some letters are candy, some are salacious, however every gives a glimpse into the personal lifetime of a really public determine.

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