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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3524 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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 Posted - Jun 28 2026 : 2:21:56 PM
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I finished America's First Daughter, a book about Martha "Patsy" Jefferson. It was an historical fiction but really read like a non fiction book. The authors did a great job with the writing. I learned about about Jefferson and his family...such an interesting man. In some ways, the times were very different than they are today. I would not have wanted to live back then! The advancements in medicine, for one thing. The infant mortality rate was so high...so many women died in childbirth. But as far as politics are concerned, times then sound very much like today...I guess some things never change!
After I finished this one, I started another, called "Jefferson's Daughters". He had other daughters with another woman named Sally Hemings. I didn't get very far into it and decided not to finish that one. After reading the first, the second was sort of repetitive and not as interesting. |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
FGOTM January 2020 and March 2026
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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LauraBell
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Laura
Corpus Christi
TX
USA
448 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2026 : 11:06:17 AM
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Happy to report that I finished A Founding Mother - really enjoyed this book and am so thankful that this America 250 Reading Challenge encouraged me to read it. I just saw that Reese Witherspoon has selected the book for a book club selection (I don't follow that but it popped up somewhere so I checked it out). After reading it, I truly feel like I learned a lot and am glad that others will read more about our founding fathers and their families. I do recommend the John Adams series that HBO produced. I admit to binge watching it - and the book and show were very similar in story telling.
Debbie - I might just have to check out America's First Daughter as Patsy and her family were a big part of A Founding Mother.
Thanks again for encouraging me to read in a genre that I don't normally pick up!
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Laura
Happy to be Farmgirl #7286 |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
2253 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
2253 Posts |
Posted - Jul 01 2026 : 5:02:10 PM
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| I'm happy to report I finally finished :) |
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington |
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LauraBell
True Blue Farmgirl
448 Posts
Laura
Corpus Christi
TX
USA
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
3524 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
3524 Posts |
Posted - Jul 28 2026 : 6:05:07 PM
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I am about halfway through a Founding Mother and I am really enjoying it!!! I will need to watch the HBO series now. There was a page that I highlighted from the book, when the war was over and they were starting to put their lives back together. I thought the author...or possibly Abigail Adam's own thoughts were perfect, on being the women behind the scenes...
"We, too, were patriots. Which, considering our situation, I considered heroic. After all, excluded from honors and offices, we would never be rewarded for it. Our property was still subject to the control of our husbands. Deprived of a voice in legislation, obliged to submit to laws imposed upon us without our consent, we ought to have been indifferent to the public welfare.
Yet all history and every age exhibited instances of patriotic virtue in women.
Therefore, I'd praise myself for having sacrificed so large a portion of my peace and happiness to promote the welfare of my country, even if that country would never thank the hand that rocked its cradle".
I don't think I would have enjoyed living in that era...but imagine being at the beginning of an entire new country and having a hand in establishing it!!! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
FGOTM January 2020 and March 2026
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
Edited by - debbieklann on Jul 28 2026 6:06:25 PM |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6200 Posts
Debbie Fischer
Coos Bay
OR
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Posted - Jul 28 2026 : 6:48:14 PM
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| I too could not live during that either that’s for sure. It sounds like a book I would like to read. I will have to check it out the next time I go to the library. Thank you Debbie for sharing a portion of the book with us. |
Big Hugs,
Debbie
Farmgirl if the Month for:
September 2012, February 2018, September 2022 and August 2025.
“My altars are My Mountains and the Ocean.” Lord Bryon
When I am old I am wearing Purple. I am Old!!
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