No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II
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New York : Simon & Schuster, c1994.
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758 pages : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Los Osos Library - Adult Nonfiction
973.917 R781 PBK
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Published
New York : Simon & Schuster, c1994.
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Book
Language
English

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Printing dates may vary. Reprinted in 1995 (759 p., [32] p. of plates).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin paints a detailed, intimate portrait not only of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime but of the Roosevelts themselves and their extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family, many of whom lived with them in the White House: Missy LeHand, FDR's "other wife" and secretary; Harry Hopkins, FDR's closest friend and adviser; the president's indomitable mother, Sara; the Roosevelts' daughter, Anna; Eleanor's close friends Lorena Hickock and Joe Lash; Crown Princess Martha of Norway; FDR's former lover Lucy Rutherfurd, who, in a final, painful blow to Eleanor, was with him when he died." "Bringing to bear the tools of both history and biography, as well as her great talent for capturing larger-than-life characters, Goodwin relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt, surrounded by his small circle of intimates, led the nation to military victory abroad against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society."--Book jacket.

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