FIRST LADY TO JAMES GARFIELD // #20
“Crete”
Loved reading
First met her “overgrown, uncombed, unwashed” future husband at school; she thought he was a kind of “strange genius”
Their early marriage was kind of loveless
James had a few affairs; he came clean after a while
Eventually, the two of them actually feel in love
Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.
