Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, based on Eleanor Roo sevelt's Private Papers

Joseph P. Lash; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (foreword); Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (intro)

ISBN 10: 0393074595 / ISBN 13: 9780393074598

Published by W. W. Norton, New York, 1971

About this Item

W. W. Norton, October 1971. Hardcover. First Edition / full number line. Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine. Very Good+. No jacket. Prior owner's book plate and surname to FFEP. Interior pristine. Spine straight. Foxing to top and fore-edge. Spine head bumped. Spine tail bumped and worn. Not from a library. xviii + 765 pages. Authors: Joseph P. Lash; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (foreward); Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (intro_).

Seller Inventory # RWARE0000002760

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of Their Relationship, based on Eleanor Roo sevelt's Private Papers
• Publisher: W. W. Norton, New York
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393074595
• ISBN 13: 9780393074598
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Weight: 2.9 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

Eleanor and Franklin is one of the most highly acclaimed biographies written in recent times. Its author, Joseph Lash, won the Pulitzer and National Book Award in biography, as well as the Francis Parkman Prize of the Society of American Historians. Its focus is Eleanor Roosevelt and her complex relationship with FDR. Based on her personal papers and ranging from her birth in 1884 to the death of her husband in 1945, this fascinating study reveals new dimensions in a marriage that had a significant impact on the course of American history.

The author combines research and excerpts from Hyde Park papers to illuminate the forty-five-year marriage of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

About the Authors

Joseph P. Lash (1909–1987) was secretary and confidant to Eleanor Roosevelt and the author of numerous acclaimed books.

Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917 - 2007) was a historian who served as special assistant to President John F. Kennedy. Among his many works are the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Jackson and A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (b.1882 ― d.1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933–1945).