Bibliography: Bush, Barbara
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TitleAuthorYearPublisher/PublicationNotes
10 QuestionsDuffy, Michael2015Time Magazine 15 June 2015Interview with Barbara Bush that covers Jeb's campaign for the 2016 presidential nomination, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, and the benefits of being 90 years old.
200 Candles for 1600 Pa. Ave.: With Future Uncertain, Four Presidents Celebrate the White House’s PastRoberts, Roxanne, and Beth Berselli2000Washington Post 10 November 2000 
The 25 Most Intriguing People of the Year 1989People Magazine 25 December 1989 
3 Bushes Celebrate ReadingMiller, Robert2010Dallas Morning News 16 November 2010Celebration of Reading hosted by Barbara, George, and Laura Bush raised money for the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the Barbara Tush Texas Fund for Family Literacy.
30-Year Career Coming to an EndLee, Jessica1992USA Today 5 November 1992 
The 30th Annual Most Admired Women Poll 1998Good Housekeeping September 1998 
4 Presidents, 5 First Ladies Dine Together 2000Los Angeles Times 10 November 2000 
41: Inside the Presidency of George H. W. BushNelson, Michael and Barbara Perry2014Ithaca: Cornell University PressBased upon oral histories conducted with Bush officials through the auspices of the Miller Center and the Bush Presidential Library, this book shows the president and the first lady in a generally positive light.
5 WivesMilde, Oscar1995Forbes 23 October 1995Humorous story about five wives for different stages of life -- Debra Winger, Sharon Stone, June Cleaver, Barbara Bush, and Katherine Hepburn.
A 9-Year-Old’s Touching WordsSorelle, Ruth1995Houston Chronicle 4 May 1995 
Abortion Is a Personal Choice 1992Newsweek 24 August 1992Interview with Barbara Bush.
About EducationHechinger, Fred1990New York Times 23 May 1990 
Administration Makes P.R. Splash for America 2000Miller, Julie A., and Millicent Lawton1991Education Week 11 September 1991 
Adoption Works--For Everyone 1990Children Today March 1990A White House reception for Adoption Works.
Advance for a Memoir By Hillary Clinton Is Set at $8 Million--Precedents Suggest Readers Prefer First Ladies’ Accounts To Their Husbands’ TomesWhite, Erin2000Wall Street Journal 18 December 2000 
After the White HouseThomas, Cynthia1998Wall Street Journal 9 March 1998 
Afterword to Bunnies in My Head Bush, Barbara1998Houston: University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterBush's Afterword can be found in by Tricia Tusa's Bunnies in My Head, aimed at children to the age of 2.
ALA Names Barbara Bush Honorary Member 1991Emergency Librarian January/February 1991 
All About Their MothersSzegedy-Maszak, Marianne2000Harper’s Bazaar September 2000 
* All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other WritingsBush, George1999New York: Scribner’sSelection of George Bush's letters to family, friends and associates that range in date from World War II to the end of the 1990s. A few letters to Barbara Bush are included, along with many more mentions of her in notes to others.
All the Best: My Life in Letters and Other WritingsBush, George H. W. 2013New York: ScribnerPresident Bush's collection of letters contains many to and about the First Lady and about his daughter-in-law as well.
All the Presidents' Pastries: Twenty-Five Years in the White HouseMesnier, Roland2006Paris: FlammarionThis is a rags-to-riches memoir by Roland Mesnier. He was born in rural France to a family in straitened circumstances and rose through hard work, creativity, and talent to become the Executive Pastry Chef in the White House, serving the Carters, Reagans, Clintons, and both Bush presidencies. The book provides a positive view of all of the First Ladies, but there is much of interest about the way each woman dealt with him, with staff, and with the pressures of the position.
All The President’s WomenRobertson, Rebecca2005ARTnews December 2005Coverage of a photography exhibition called “First Ladies” by Jean-Pierre Khazem at Sperone Westwater in New York.
An (Almost) Surprise Party for a Bush 2000New York Times 12 June 2000 
American First LadiesWatson, Robert P., ed.2006Pasadena, CA: Salem Press 
America’s Down-To-Earth First LadyCarlson, Margaret1989Readers’ Digest [Montreal] June 1989 
* America’s First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White HouseAnthony, Carl Sferrazza2000New York: Touchstone 
America’s First Ladies: Ohio Library was Established in 1997 in Their HonorWadley, Carma2007Deseret Morning News 19 February 2007Article celebrates the tenth anniversary of the National First Ladies Library and includes a quiz on the subject of First Ladies.
America’s Grandma: Barbara Bush Earns Even Higher Ratings Than the President: She Overcomes Blue Blood And Old-Fashioned Style To Win Broad Support: Making U.S. Safe for PearlsMcQueen, Michael1989Wall Street Journal 9 October 1989 
America’s Grandmother 1992World Press Review October 1992 
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