Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Defining Years, 1933-1938
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A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The central volume in the definitive biography of A...
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A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tu multuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storm s of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and fin est achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook gives us the c omplete Eleanor Roosevelt--an adventurous, romantic woman, a devoted wife a nd mother, and a visionary policymaker and social activist who often took u npopular stands, counter to her husband's policies, especially on issues su ch as racial justice and women's rights. A biography of scholarship and dar ing, it is a book for all readers of American history. Editorial Reviews "Irresistibly readable.Cook's portrait of a woman in the thick of things during the hardest of times will stand as definitive." -Washington Post "Cook gets at the tender, sprightly creature behind the starchy, strident i mage."-Maureen Dowd, New York Times Book Review. - From the Publisher Cook gets at the tender, sprightly creature behind the starchy, strident im age. -The New York Times Book Review - Maureen Dowd.
Product Info
ISBN: 0140178945
ISBN-13: 9780140178944
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Year: 2000
Type: Used
Binding: Softcover
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