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Eleanor:the Years Alone
Eleanor 8211 The Years Alone
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paperback. The New York Times Bestseller Superb Lash has reached the highest level of the biographer s art. Wall Street Journal" Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 350.
Joseph P. Lash, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and National Book Award-winning writer of Eleanor and Franklin, turns to the seventeen years Eleanor Roosevelt lived after FDR's death in 1945. Already a major figure in her own right, Roosevelt gained new stature with her work at the United Nations and her contributions to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She continued her activism on behalf of civil rights, as well as her humanitarian work, which led President Harry Truman to call her the First Lady of the World. Lash has created an extraordinary portrait of an extraordinary person.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393349764
SKU
V9780393349764
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Ref
99-15
About Eleanor 8211 The Years Alone
Joseph P. Lash (1909–1987) was secretary and confidant to Eleanor Roosevelt and the author of numerous acclaimed books.
Reviews for Eleanor:the Years Alone
"A remarkable achievement…as rich as [Lash's] understanding of the remarkable human being he celebrates."
The New Yorker "Moving…Above all, [Lash] has conveyed with critical affection the essence of Eleanor Roosevelt."
New York Times Book Review "The story Eleanor thought was over when her husband died…It is her capacity for love which shines through these pages."
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The New Yorker "Moving…Above all, [Lash] has conveyed with critical affection the essence of Eleanor Roosevelt."
New York Times Book Review "The story Eleanor thought was over when her husband died…It is her capacity for love which shines through these pages."
Los Angeles ... Read more