Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Defining Years, 1933-1938
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- Synopsis
- The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe).Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume Three, 1938-1962, will be published in November. Volume Two covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the complete Eleanor Roosevelt-- an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife and mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took unpopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues such as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and daring, it is a book for all readers of American history.From the Trade Paperback edition.
- Copyright:
- 1999
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781101567456
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780140178944
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 11/01/18
- Copyrighted By:
- Blanche Wiesen Cook, 1
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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