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Ruth Painter Randall

Born

in Salem Virginia, The United States

November 01, 1892

Died

January 22, 1971

Genre

Biography, History

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Ruth Painter earned her bachelor's degree in 1913 from Roanoke College and a master's degree from Indiana University in English in 1914. Three years later, she married the historian James G. Randall, and subsequently assisted him with the research for his four-volume biography of Abraham Lincoln. After her husband's death, Randall turned to writing, producing several biographies of American historical figures. ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 402 ratings · 36 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage 4.21 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 1953 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lincoln's Sons 4.16 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1955 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Mary: A Biography of the Girl Who Married Abraham Lincoln 3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1959	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Elizabeth: A Biography of the Girl Who Married General George Armstrong Custer of "Custer's Last Stand" 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1966 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Varina: a Biography of the Girl Who Married Jefferson Davis and Became the First Lady of the South 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Courtship of Mr. Lincoln 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I, Jessie really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1963	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colonel Elmer Ellsworth: a biography of Lincoln's friend and first hero of the Civil War liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1960	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	I Ruth: Autobiography of a Marriage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“How miserably things seem to be arranged in this world,” he wrote. “If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.”
― Ruth Painter Randall, Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage

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“The man who firmly believes he can perceive truth by his own power of intuition is apt to end by believing what he wants to believe, and Herndon wanted to believe the worst about Mrs. Lincoln.”
― Ruth Painter Randall, Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage

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“had plainly given her “that piece of mind” which “never impoverishes the giver nor enriches the receiver.”
― Ruth Painter Randall, Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage

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