EMPTY WITHOUT YOU: The Intimate Letters Of Eleanor Roosevelt And Lorena Hickok

A noted historian collects, edits, and annotates three hundred letters between First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Associated Press reporter Lorena Hickok, who exchanged notes for more than thirty years and developed a deep, intimate friendship clearly illustrated by their correspondence. 20,000 first printing.

Rodger Streitmatter is professor of journalism at American University, where he has taught for more than twenty years. He is the author of Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History and Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America. He lives in Washington, D.C.