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The Roosevelt cousins : growing up together, 1882-1924 / Linda Donn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Donn, Linda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Roosevelt family.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Family.
- Roosevelt, Theodore.
- Longworth, Alice Roosevelt, 1884-1980.
- Longworth, Alice Roosevelt.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.
- Roosevelt, Eleanor.
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.
- Cousins--United States--Biography.
- Cousins.
- Families.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 237 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001.
- Summary:
- Linda Donn's study of the Roosevelt cousins at the turn of the 19th century gives readers valuable new insights into a fascinating and historically important American family. 110 illustrations.
- Contents:
- Family Tree xi
- Part 1 Young Cousins 1882-1902
- Theodore 13
- Alice and Eleanor 19
- River Families 29
- Fourth of July in Oyster Bay 41
- Fourteen-Year-Olds 51
- New York City's Assembly Ball 61
- Part 2 Thresholds 1902-1906
- White House New Year 71
- First Steps 79
- Vows 87
- Roosevelt Weds Roosevelt 101
- Alice Rising 106
- Part 3 Shifting Alliances 1910-1918
- Two Cousins Campaign 119
- Divided Loyalties 131
- Wartime Washington 142
- Part 4 Schisms 1918-1924
- Lucy Mercer 155
- Peace Treaties 163
- Franklin's Polio 175
- Dynastic Struggle 181.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0679446370
- OCLC:
- 47056328
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