Volume 47, Number 10 · June 15, 2000
The Pierce Connection
By Lars-Erik Nelson
In response to Legacy
(February 24, 2000)
To the Editors:
Dr. D.L. Ouren points out that, contrary to a statement in my review ["Legacy," NYR, February 24], George W. Bush is not a direct descendant of President Franklin Pierce; he is an indirect descendant. President Pierce's children died without children of their own; Barbara Pierce Bush is a cousin.
Lars-Erik Nelson