Edition |
First edition |
Phys Descr |
x, 609 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-590) and index |
Contents |
Prologue: The larger picture, 1960 -- Part I. Cain and Abel, 1890-1891 -- Part II. Everything to fear, 1893-1894 -- Part III. Popular and powerful, 1903-1905 -- Part IV. A shot, 1912 -- Part V. Believeing more than ever before, 1918-1920 -- Part VI. Rough stunts, 1924-1925 -- Part VII. The future and the past, 1932 -- Part VIII. Changing the world, 1936-1938 -- Part IS. Terrific responsibility, 1943-1945 -- Epilogue: The last sortie, 1962 |
Summary |
A provocative biography of the Roosevelt family draws on family secrets and complex rivalries to argue that the Roosevelts' rise to power was driven by a series of inside competitions that were witnessed firsthand by an increasingly begrudging Eleanor Roosevelt |
Subject |
Roosevelt family
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Family
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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Family
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography
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Cousins -- United States -- Biography
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OCLC # |
964448632 |
ISBN # |
9780062383334 |
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0062383337 |
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