Cook, Blanche Wiesen

Eleanor Roosevel / Blanche Wiesen Cook - New York : Viking Penguin , 1999 , c1992. - v. <1-2 > : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. 1884-1933 -- v. 2. 1933-1938

Historian (CUNY) and journalist Cook draws upon previously untapped sources--including recently opened archives, FBI and State Department documents, and letters of long-obscured friends--to restore a goodly dose of human passion to the iconic humanitarian. Volume one spans the years from Eleanor's birth to her husband Franklin Delano's inauguration. Volume two encompasses the monumental era of the Great Depression, the New Deal and the gathering storms of World War II - the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and accomplishments.

0-670-80486-X 9780670844982, Vol. 2


Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
Presidents' spouses---Biography---United States

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