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Someone to watch over me : a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life Cover Image Book Book

Someone to watch over me : a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life

Burns, Eric (author.).

Summary: 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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  • ISBN: 9781681773285
  • ISBN: 1681773287
  • Physical Description: print
    xxiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: First note to readers: The problems of the story -- Prologue: Human rights -- Elliott -- Anna -- Courtship -- Marriage -- Nell's homeliness -- Nell's shyness -- Nell's fears -- Nell's loneliness -- Nell's coldness -- Second note to readers: The center of the mural -- Father, 1873-89 -- Daughter, 1917-28 -- Father, 1890-92 -- Daughter, 1932-36 -- Father, 1891 -- Daughter, 1920s-1950s -- Father, 1892-93 -- Daughter, 1936-62 -- Father, 1892-94 -- Daughter, 1948-59 -- Father, 1894 -- Daughter, 1952-62 -- Two legacies -- Epilogue: The goodnight kiss.

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Subject: Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962
Roosevelt, Elliott 1860-1894
Fathers and daughters United States Biography
Presidents' spouses United States Biography
United States Politics and government 1933-1945
Genre: Biographies.

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