Books >
Blue Skies, No Fences

Blue Skies, No Fences Browse Inside Blue Skies, No Fences
Blue Skies, No Fences
A Memoir of Childhood and Family  
By Lynne Cheney
This edition: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Availability: Usually ships within 3-4 weeks
List Price: $15.00
Your Price: $12.00 You Save $3.00 (20%)
Add to Cart or Buy from another online retailer
Also available in

Description

Utilizing her extensive knowledge and love of American history and the research skills she honed while acquiring a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Lynne Cheney set out to explore her and her husband's family trees. After years of research, she uncovered two family histories that spanned almost three centuries and shared common themes of optimism, perseverance and undaunted courage. Both families moved westwards in a growing nation, seeking lives of greater opportunity.

Mrs. Cheney provides information about her family, which originally settled in Pennsylvania, and the Vice President's family. He is descended from Puritans who originally settled in New England. She relates true stories about noteworthy and colorful members of both families and each family's progress westward.

As the narrative draws closer to to the present day, Mrs. Cheney movingly recounts of her life as a small-town girl outside of Casper, Wyoming. The poignant realism with which she depicts mid-twentieth-century America will remind listeners of Thornton Wilder's classic American drama Our Town. Providing a fresh view of America via generations of two adventurous families, as well as information about conducting genealogical research, Mrs. Cheney entertains and enlightens, and is sure to inspire listeners to explore their own family histories.

Hear an Excerpt from the Audiobook

"Cheney's memoir of her childhood in Casper, Wyoming, is a captivating amalgam of genealogy and gems of 1950s memorabilia that will bring smiles of recognition to readers of her generation." - Deborah Donovan, Booklist
"A riveting book." - Mike Gallagher, The Mike Gallagher Show
"A delightful memoir of more innocent days" - Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online
"Mrs. Cheney says she knows her grandchildren cannot live as she once did, but her touching memoir makes one wish that they and other young Americans might possess what she evokes so well as she tells her own and her family's story: the resiliency to deal with challenges, the determination to do one's best, and an optimism about their future and America's future" - Myrna Blyth, National Review
"Lynne Cheney's credentials are, as far as I can tell, unprecedented among vice-presidents' wives: a doctorate in English, author of numerous books, Lockheed Martin Corp. director, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Now a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, she is known for her combative conservatism, yet there is almost nothing about partisan politics in this nostalgic memoir. On the other hand, there is a good deal about achievement...In the '50s, girls were not typically encouraged to express aspirations beyond home, hearth, and helpmate. Young Lynne Vincent did. I am intrigued enough to hope for a sequel that reveals more about her blond ambition." - Grace Lichtenstein, Washington Post Book World
Lynne Cheney's Books
Displaying 1 of
See All Lynne Cheney books