Someone to watch over me : a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life
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New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, 2017.
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Book
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First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
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xxiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Main Library - Adult
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
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Eleanor Roosevelt's loveless marriage with FDR was no secret, and she had a cold relationship with most of her family, as well. Yet she was a warm person, beloved by friends, and her humanitarian work still influences the world today. Burns shows how Eleanor was shaped by her father Elliott, a lost spirit with a bittersweet story. Brother to Theodore Roosevelt, Elliot would eventually succumb to alcoholism and would be exiled to the Virginia countryside. But he kept up a close correspondence with his daughter. Burns reveals new facets to the lives of these pillars of American history.

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