Jane Pierce
- ISBN-10
- 1438164769
- ISBN-13
- 9781438164762
- Category
- Federal government--United States--History
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Dorothy Schneider
Description
Jane Means Appleton Pierce's hopes of being a happy wife and mother were shattered by the deaths of her three sons, from which she would never recover.
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