Someone to Watch Over Me: A Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the Tortured Father Who Shaped Her Life

Eric Burns

ISBN 10: 1681773287 / ISBN 13: 9781681773285

Published by Pegasus Books, 2017

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Mar 2017 hardcover stated 1st Pegasus Books cloth edition 1st printing with full number line inscribed (which always means to a particular person) by the author on the half title page in the year of publication. Light soil/denting/edgewear on dj, book itself is fine. Seller Inventory # ABE-1565113155514

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Title: Someone to Watch Over Me: A Portrait of ...

Publisher: Pegasus Books

Publication Date: 2017

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

A fresh and sensitive examination of Eleanor Roosevelt―one of the most remarkable Americans in history―and the tortured father who would inspire and shape her future leadership and advocacy. 

Eleanor Roosevelt is viewed as one of the most pioneering women in American history. But she was also one of the most enigmatic and lonely. Her loveless marriage with FDR was no secret, and she had a cold relationship with most of her family, as well, from her distant mother to her public rivalry with her cousin, Alice. Yet she was a warm person, beloved by friends, and her humanitarian work still influences the world today. But who shaped Eleanor? It was the most unlikely of figures: her father Elliott, a lost spirit with a bittersweet story.

Elliott was the brother of Theodore Roosevelt, and he was as winsome and charming as Theodore was blustery and competitive. Though the two maintained a healthy rivalry in their youth, Elliott would eventually succumb to alcoholism and would be exiled to the Virginia countryside. But he kept up a close correspondence with his daughter, Eleanor, who treasured his letters and would read them nightly for her entire life for guidance, inspiration, and love.

As he did in the critically acclaimed The Golden Lad, Eric Burns' insightful and lucid prose reveals new facets to the lives of these pillars of American history.

About the Author:

Eric Burns is a former correspondent for NBC News and the TODAY Show. For ten years he was the host of the top-rated “Fox News Watch,” and he has won an Emmy for media criticism. He is the author of The Golden Lad: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt, 1920: The Year that Made the Decade Roar, a Kirkus "Best Book of the Year," Infamous Scribblers, The Spirits of America, and The Smoke of the Gods, and the latter two were named “Best of the Best” by the American Library Association. Eric lives in Westport, Connecticut.