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Chicago, IL: Peoples Book Club, 1949 Peoples Book Club, Chicago, IL. 1949. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good. No DJ. Blue cloth boards with rubbed gilt titles on spine. Shelfwear to top and bottom of spine and tips from shelving. Pictorial endpapers of FDR taking oath of office. Clean internals. 372 pp 8vo. Few people had the opportunity to know Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Grace Tully did. For nearly seventeen years, twelve of which were spent in the White House, she was his private secretary, and she saw him not only in his office but also in his home, during working hours and during moments of relaxation, coping with momentous issues and enjoying the company of his friends and family. It was a rare and rewarding opportunity, for F.D.R. was a fascinating and tremendously important person.In her book you come to know F.D.R. as she did. Which means that you will know him not only as a historic figure but also as an individual human being, a… Read More