Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Feb. 27, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Feb. 27, 1943

The president's secretary thanks sender for alligator

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Feb. 27, 1943
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Thelma and Lowell are still AWOL, so I am reposting one of the funniest stories about Marguerite LeHeand, President Roosevelt’s private secretary and the subject of my biography The Gatekeeper. Missy worked for FDR for more than 20 years, until bad health forced her retirement.

Missy LeHand and the Flying Alligator

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