| Edition |
1st Da Capo Press ed. |
| Description |
xix, 454 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1961. |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
Activist, diplomat, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt recounts her life story in this autobiography that combines elements from her original three-volume work. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Part I: This is my story -- Memories of my childhood -- Adolescence -- Home again -- Early days of our marriage -- A woman -- My introduction to politics -- Washington -- Growing independence -- A changing existence -- Readjustment -- The 1920 campaign and back to New York -- Trial by fire -- Part II: This I remember -- The private lives of public servants -- Private interlude: 1921-1927 -- The governorship years: 1928-1932 -- I learn to be a President's wife -- The first year: 1933 -- The peaceful years: 1934-1936 -- Second term: 1936-1937 -- The royal visitors -- Second term: 1939-1940 -- The coming of war: 1941 -- Visit to England -- Getting on with the war: 1943 -- Visit to the Pacific -- Teheran and the Caribbean -- The last term: 1944-1945 -- Part III: On my own -- An end and a beginning -- Not many dull minutes -- Learning the ropes in the UN -- I learn about Soviet tactics -- The Human Rights Commission -- Foreign travels -- The long way home -- Campaigning for Stevenson -- Bali and Morocco -- In the land of the Soviets -- A challenge for the west -- Part IV: The search for understanding -- Second visit to Russia -- The American dream -- Milestones -- The Democratic convention of 1960 -- Unfinished business. |
| Subject |
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
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Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
030680476X (pbk.) |
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9780306804762 (pbk.) |
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