Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor

Curtis Roosevelt

ISBN 10: 1586485547 / ISBN 13: 9781586485542

Published by PublicAffairs October 2008, 2008

About this Item

Inscribed by author on Title Page. First edition/ First Printing, complete number line. Some shelf wear with slightly bumped corners and light edgewear, but binding is tight and the pages are all clean with no markings. DJ has minor edgewear, light soiling to top cover (hard to see), and a piece of tape on back cover we decided it was safer to leave than try and remove. We still listed DJ as GOOD.

Seller Inventory # 34175

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor
• Publisher: PublicAffairs October 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1586485547
• ISBN 13: 9781586485542
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed By Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography - R

About this title

Synopsis

Curtis Roosevelt was three when he and his sister, Eleanor, arrived at the White House soon after their grandfather's inauguration. The country's “First Grandchildren,” a pint-sized double act, they were known to the media as “Sistie and Buzzie.”

In this rich memoir, Roosevelt brings us into “the goldfish bowl,” as his family called it—that glare of public scrutiny to which all presidential households must submit. He recounts his misadventures as a hapless kid in an unforgivably formal setting and describes his role as a tiny planet circling the dual suns of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Blending self-abasement, humor, awe and affection, Too Close to the Sun is an intimate portrait of two of the most influential and inspirational figures in modern American history—and a thoughtful exploration of the emotional impact of growing up in their irresistible aura.

About the Author

Curtis Roosevelt is the second eldest child of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and the oldest grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1964, he joined the Secretariat of the United Nations, where for eighteen years he held various positions in the international civil service sector. He lives in France with his wife.