Works by
Lynne V. Cheney
(Writer)
[August 14, 1941 - ]

Biographical

• Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family (2007)
  In Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family, Lynne Cheney re-creates the years after World War II in a small town on the high plains of the West. Portraying an era that started with the Ink Spots on the Zenith Radio in her family's living room and ended with Elvis on the jukebox at the local canteen, she tells of coming of age in a time when the country seemed in control of its destiny and individual Americans in charge of theirs. She describes Casper, Wyoming, where she met a young man named Dick Cheney, and remembers her hometown as a place where the future seemed as bright as the blue sky and life's possibilities as boundless as the prairie. It was also a place where a pioneer heritage prevailed, and Cheney traces the paths of forebears who journeyed westward, strengthened against adversity by a bedrock belief that they would find a better life. An uplifting exploration of a special time and place in American history, Blue Skies, No Fences is also a heartfelt tribute to those optimistic souls who, in Lynne Cheney s words, "pinned their hopes on America and kept heading west".

Children

• America: A Patriotic Primer (2002) with Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator
  Twenty-six people and ideas comprise this drawn on a lifetime of learning about the American past, and on the inspiration that comes from witnessing recent history firsthand -- a patriotic primer, a book that teaches history by celebrating the diversity, tenacity, and faith of the American people.

• A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women (2003) with Robin Preiss Glasser, Illustrator
  Filled to the brim with words and pictures that celebrate the remarkable (although often unmarked) achievements of American women, this is a book to relish and to read again and again.  Mothers, daughters, schoolchildren, generations of families -- everyone -- will take Abigail Adams's words to heart and "remember the ladies" once they read the stories of these astonishing, astounding, amazing American women.

• A Time for Freedom (2005)
  Did you know that John Adams thought we would celebrate America's birthday on the second of July? That ten generals went on to become president? That our country has had nine different capitals, including Trenton, New Jersey, and Annapolis, Maryland?
  
  Bestselling author and historian Lynne Cheney takes readers through America's story of freedom in this timeline of key moments in our history along with historic quotatons by great Americans and little-known facts about our country. Starting with our nation's beginnings, A Time for Freedom places the great events and figures of our history into context and shows the expansion of freedom in America. Filled with fascinating information that creates a textured journey through our nation's story, A Time for Freedom is a book that every family will want to share.  Ages 9-12.

• Our 50 States: A Family Adventure Across America An An unforgettable tour of America -- from the Everglades of Florida to the grasslands of Kentucky to the Sierra Mountains of California.
  
  Listening to her grandchildren's enthusiastic account of all they saw and did on a family road trip inspired Lynne Cheney to collaborate with Robin Preiss Glasser and create Our 50 States -- the greatest family vacation imaginable. Pack your bags and celebrate our diverse heritage state by state and sea to shining sea in this treasure trove of America's people, places, and history.
  
  A scholar of American history, Mrs. Cheney has drawn on a lifetime of study and travel for Our 50 States. Robin Preiss Glasser has brought her inimitable wit and exuberance to every illustration. Together they have created a joyful book that reminds us how fortunate we are to call America our home.

Fiction

• Executive Privilege: A Washington Novel (1979)

• Sisters (1981)
  From Lynne Cheney, the wife of Vice President Dick Cheney, comes a riveting tale of women in the American frontier.
  
  The novel of a strong and beautiful woman who broke all the rules of the American frontier...
  
  Sophie Dymond had overcome nineteenth-century prejudices to succeed as publisher of a hugely popular women's magazine. But when she left New York to revisit her native Wyoming, where her sister had died mysteriously, she left her prestige and power far behind. Waiting for Sophie was a world where women were treated either as decorative figurines or as abject sexual vassals...where wives were led to despise the marriage act and prostitutes pandered to husbands' hungers...where the relationship between women and men became a kind of guerilla warfare in which women were forced to band together for the strength they needed and at times for the love they wanted. In her effort to grasp the meaning of her sister's life and death, Sophie discovers the secret that tainted her life and begins to understand the experience of the vast majority of silent, trapped women.

• The Body Politic (2000) with Victor Gold
  When you're the Vice President, everything is fair game.

Nonfiction

• Kings Of The Hill: Power and Personality in the House of Representatives (1983) with Richard (Dick) B. Cheney
  Since the early days of our country, leaders in the House of Representatives have exerted tremendous force and influence on government policy and consequently on both domestic and world affairs. Now, two prominent public figures profile nine of America's most provocative, colorful, and controversial congressional leaders: Henry Clay, James Polk, Thaddeus Stevens, James Blaine, Thomas Reed, Joe Cannon, Nicholas Longworth, Sam Rayburn, and Newt Gingrich. Capturing the personalities of these men in revealing anecdotes, the Cheneys present a telling chronicle of how power in the House affects not only congressional politics, but the nation as a whole.

• American Memory: A Report on the Humanities in the Nations Public Schools (1987)

• Academic Freedom (1992)
  With the fall of the Berlin Wall and the crackup of the Soviet Union, who would have thought that America faces a greater socialist threat today than it did during the heyday of the Cold War? In this riveting and alarming essay, Lynne Cheney, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, exposes the blatant politicization of America's universities and schools. Read how Marxist and feminist scholars are stifling the free expression and exchange of ideas and how they are openly attempting to revolutionize American society through the classroom.

• Telling The Truth: Why Our Culture and Our Country Have Stopped Making Sense - And What We Can Do About It  (1995)
  Challenging the rhetoric of multiculturalism, radical feminism, critical race theory, and other popular trends, Lynne Cheney calls for the restoration of truth and reason to a central place in our lives. In Telling the Truth, Cheney gives us a detailed examination of American cultural and political institutions, journalism, and education. She shows how a disdain for objective truth and principles has created a moral and intellectual crisis that threatens the foundation of America's legal, political, and social order.

• When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots (2004)
  Story of the military campaign that began on Christmas night in 1776 will teach the young about the heroism, persistence, and patriotism of those who came before them.

See also:

• Tyrannical Machine: a report on education practices gone wrong and our best hopes for setting them right (SuDoc NF 3.2:T 98) (1990)

See also Dick Cheney (husband) and Mary Cheney (daughter)