Sad to say, with the popularity and availability of e-mail, personal letters may soon be a thing of the past. Historians, too, will lose out. Communications may soon be reduced to instant messages and sound bytes on the air. That’s why we should savor the National Geographic’s new collection of letters to first ladies titled “Dear First Lady” that give us some insights into their personal sorrows and joys. The authors -- Dwight Young and Margaret Johnson -- selected some poignant missives, love notes between presidents and their wives and letters that marked great moments in history, such as President...
