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Author Mann, William J., author

Title The wars of the Roosevelts : the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family / William J. Mann

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 Bangor Pub. Lib. Stacks  973.91 .M315w    AVAILABLE  
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 973.91 M282w 2016    AVAILABLE  
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
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Family
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Family
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography
Cousins -- United States -- Biography
OCLC # 964448632
ISBN # 9780062383334
0062383337