Spoken from the Heart.

BUSH, Laura.

$85.00

Item Number: 147242

New York: Scribner, 2010.

Signed limited edition of this shining memoir. Octavo, original navy leather with gilt titles to the spine and the author’s initials stamped in gilt to the front panel, all edges gilt, original silk ribbon laid in. Signed by First Lady Laura Bush on the limitation page. In fine condition. Sealed in the publisher’s original shrink wrap.

As First Lady of the United States alongside her husband George W. Bush, Laura Bush was greatly involved in national and global concerns, encouraging worldwide education and advocating for women's rights. Overall, Bush traveled to 77 countries in the eight years of her husband's presidency, raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and malaria and advocated on behalf of democracy and pacifism. During and after her tenure as the First Lady, Laura Bush has been honored with multiple awards for her contributions to human rights and polled by The Gallup Organization as one of the most popular first ladies in the country's history.