Hissing Cousins : : the Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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Orphans -- Home abroad -- Domestic affairs -- Other women -- Civil War -- The singing teapot -- New roles -- Arena -- Clouds of war -- Cold war -- Monuments.
A provocative dual portrait of first cousins Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth discusses how their tangled lives were shaped by 20th-century history and politics, sharing insights into their childhoods, respective beliefs and adversarial relationship.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 332 pages (8 pages of plates) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385536011
0385536011
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Dwyer, Timothy, 1965-
SUBJECTS
Roosevelt family.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Family.
Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, -- 1884-1980 -- Family.
Presidents' spouses -- Biography.
Cousins -- Biography.