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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
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No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Paperback - 1995

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Presenting an aspect of American history that has never been fully told, this Pulitzer Prize-winning work paints a detailed, intimate portrait of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt and provides a brilliant narrative account of America during wartime. of photos.


Summary

With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines—Eleanor and Franklin’s marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor’s life as First Lady, and FDR’s White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.

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Doris Kearns Goodwin's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the nation while steering it through the Great Depression and the outset of World War II. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines--Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.

First line

On nights filled with tension and concern, Franklin Roosevelt performed a ritual that helped him to fall asleep.

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  • Title No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II
  • Author Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 768
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
  • Date 1995-10-01
  • ISBN 9780684804484 / 0684804484
  • Weight 1.89 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.08 x 1.33 in (23.52 x 15.44 x 3.38 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Roosevelt, Eleanor, Roosevelt, Franklin D
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94082565
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/01/2002, Page 1085
  • New York Times, 12/03/1995, Page 88
  • NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1995, Page 88
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/04/1995, Page 0
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