The Roosevelts (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Collier
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Biography
- Time of Work: The 1850’s to the 1990’s
- Setting: Primarily the United States
- Principal Characters: Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Sara Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edith Carow Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Alice Roosevelt Longworth
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Power, personal or social, Politics, World War II, Conservatism, Liberalism, Military life or service, Presidents, Polio, Congresses or conventions
- Locales: United States
There have been few political dynasties in the history of the United States. In the early nineteenth century the Adams family attained the presidency twice, under John (1797-1801) and his son John Quincy (1825-1829), but that was in the era before the vestiges of political and social deference were replaced by the Age of the Common Man, ushered in by John Quincy Adams’ conqueror in 1828, Andrew Jackson. Later Adamses were forced to settle for fame as diplomats (Charles Francis) or intellectuals (Brooks and Henry). Seemingly there is something in America’s tradition of democratic...
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