Eleanor & Franklin - Hardcover

Lash, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568520751 ISBN 13: 9781568520759

Publisher: Konecky & Konecky, 1999

Synopsis

In the words of Arthur Schlesinger, Eleanor & Franklin "is a beautiful book - beautiful in its scholarship, insight, objectivity and candor." Joseph Lash was secretary and confidant to Eleanor Roosevelt. His book was made into the PBS special of the same name.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Lash won a Pulitzer prize for this biography. he was a longtime associate of Eleanor Roosevelt and is also the author of Eleanor: The Years Alone.

Review:

“A beautiful book―beautiful in its scholarship, insight, objectivity and candor...immense subtlety, sensibility and honesty.”
- Arthur Schlesinger

“An exceptionally candid...heartrending book.”
- The New Yorker

“Here is one of the great and moving stories of our time―a masterpiece of vivid evocation and sympathetic understanding. 'Monumental.'”
- New York Times

“Wholly absorbing and richly documented.”
- Marya Mannes, The Atlantic

“A biography in the grand manner. Extraordinarily readable...Splendidly written from start to finish.”
- Richard Rover, Chicago Tribune

“So engrossing and complex that it reads like a work of fiction.”
- Jean Stafford, Vogue

About this edition

• Publisher: Konecky & Konecky
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1568520751
• ISBN 13: 9781568520759
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 768