Eleanor and Franklin (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Joseph P. Lash
- First Published: 1971
- Time of Work: 1884–1945
- Setting: Hyde Park and Oyster Bay, New York, and Washington, D.C.
- Principal Characters: Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Sara Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Lucy Mercer, Louis Howe, Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, Harry Hopkins
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Social action, Politics, Marriage, Adultery, Politicians, Presidents, Biography, Democratic Party
- Locales: New York, Washington, D.C.
Form and Content
Joseph P. Lash’s Eleanor and Franklin is the first biography of Eleanor Roosevelt to be based on her extensive personal papers. A longtime friend of the former First Lady, Lash writes from a deep sympathy for her. In the book’s fifty-six chronological chapters, he achieves an objective and thoughtful account of her formative years through her husband’s presidency. The book contains some striking photographs of the Roosevelt family and is very well documented. The Roosevelt family saved their letters, and Eleanor Roosevelt’s papers form a large...
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