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| Original Title: | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| ISBN: | 0140094601 (ISBN13: 9780140094602) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Eleanor Roosevelt #1 |
| Characters: | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Literary Awards: | Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography (1992) |
Blanche Wiesen Cook
Paperback | Pages: 587 pages Rating: 4.19 | 4529 Users | 217 Reviews
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| Title | : | Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: 1884-1933 (Eleanor Roosevelt #1) |
| Author | : | Blanche Wiesen Cook |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 587 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 1993 by Penguin Books (first published 1992) |
| Categories | : | Biography. History. Nonfiction |
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Celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians & reviewers everywhere, Blanche Wiesen Cook's Eleanor Roosevelt presents an unprecedented portrait of the towering female figure of the 20th century. This volume begins with her harrowing childhood, describes the difficulties of her marriage & explains how she persuaded Franklin to make the reforms that would make him famous.Rating Based On Books Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: 1884-1933 (Eleanor Roosevelt #1)
Ratings: 4.19 From 4529 Users | 217 ReviewsAssess Based On Books Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1: 1884-1933 (Eleanor Roosevelt #1)
Not only is this an amazing biography on Eleanor but also those close to her and the current state of the country at this time period. E.R. did so much for this country and I feel like her husband got a lot of credit for it. I see bits of E.R. in Mrs. Michelle Obama as well. Excited to read the next two in the series.After seeing the PBS series about the Roosevelts, I wanted to find a biography of Eleanor Roosevelt that would tell me about the human being more than the public figure, and this was the book I was looking for. However, though it is well written, extremely well researched, and informative, I have to say it was very hard to get through, and I had to set it aside for a while when I was half way done; I just didn't want to know THAT much about anybody, and Blanche Cook never met a detail she didn't
Eleanor Roosevelt would definitely have been our first woman president if she were born later. However, we were lucky to have her as an activist, first lady, representative to the United Nations and great American. This first volume of the trilogy follows ER from her birth to moving into the White House. From her rich, but difficult childhood, through her wonderful experience at a British school, she learned to overcome adversity. Many biographies of ER don't mention her charisma, which really
I bought this book because I was in a leadership program and we were to read a book on a leader -- I remembered that my mom had read a book about Eleanor when I was young and she used to go do talks pretending she was her. Not sure if this is the same book or not - as this one was long and factual. I mostly skimmed it but will keep to read again if and when I retire
I love Eleanor Roosevelt. I am inspired by her courage, her energy, her strength, her compassion. These books are a little hard to get through though, because Blanche Wiesen Cook is so interested in every detail about everyone that Eleanor Roosevelt ever looked at in her entire life, that it is hard to get be drawn in. I finally started just skimming through parts.
An interesting book about an admirable woman who lived in strange, dysfunctional world. Surrounded by wealth and privilege, Eleanor never knew the love of her mother, and her father was an alcoholic whose family kept him away from his children for their own safety. Still, she idolized her father. She married into Franklin's family and inherited a domineering mother-in-law who never allowed her to be in charge of her own household or children. She endured Franklin's infidelity and stayed to care
If you had told me this book was so fascinating I wouldn't have believed you. But I read it in a day. What a life, and I have two more volumes to read. It's interesting to read about what happened in the 1920s, and see the parallels to today. Fascinating!
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