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Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the lives of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor, distant cousins who married in 1905 and helped guide the country during the Depression and the second World War.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Documents the story of Eleanor Roosevelt's abrupt relocation to Greenwich Village in 1920, discussing her motivations and how her time there influenced her perception of herself and shaped her progressive political views.
Author
Series
History pals volume 2
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
520L
Physical Desc
324 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Eleanor Roosevelt and Fala turn up in ten-year-old Nolan's bedroom closet, his mother, taking Mrs. Roosevelt for the new baby sitter, leaves him and his little sister Olive with her.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Elliott was the brother of Theodore Roosevelt, and he was as winsome and charming as Theodore was blustery and competitive. Though the two maintained a healthy rivalry in their youth, Elliott would eventually succumb to alcoholism and would be exiled to the Virginia countryside. But he kept up a close correspondence with his daughter, Eleanor, who treasured his letters and would read them nightly for her entire life for guidance, inspiration, and...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
758 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin paints a detailed, intimate portrait not only of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime but of the Roosevelts themselves and their extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family, many of whom lived with them in the White House: Missy LeHand, FDR's "other wife" and secretary; Harry Hopkins, FDR's closest friend...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese / Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
332 pages ; cm
Language
English
Description
"When Theodore Roosevelt became president in 1901, his beautiful and flamboyant daughter was transformed into "Princess Alice," arguably the century's first global celebrity. Thirty-two years later, her first cousin Eleanor moved into the White House as First Lady. Born eight months and twenty blocks apart from each other in New York City, Eleanor and Alice spent a large part of their childhoods together and were far more alike than most historians...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 454 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Describes the unlikely friendship between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Pauli Murray, a granddaughter of a mixed race slave and a lesbian, who became a lawyer and civil rights pioneer, and the important work they each did, taking stands for justice and freedom."--NoveList.
"A groundbreaking book--two decades in the works--that tells the story of how a brilliant writer-turned-activist, granddaughter of a mulatto slave, and the first lady of the...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
xvii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Written by leading royal historian Will Swift, The Roosevelts and the Royals is based on original source materials, including letters and diary entries - many of which are reproduced here - as well as interviews with numerous family members and original comments from the Queen Mother. Telling the story of the Roosevelt and Windsor dynasties from the 1880s all the way up to a royal visit to Hyde Park in 2002, the book traces in detail the early years...
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