Bibliograph

The wars of the Roosevelts, the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family, William J. Mann

Type

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The wars of the Roosevelts, the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family, William J. Mann

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-590) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The wars of the Roosevelts

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

964448632

Responsibility statement

William J. Mann

Sub title

the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family

Summary

A provocative biography of the Roosevelt family draws on family secrets and complex rivalries to argue that the Roosevelts' rise to power was driven by a series of inside competitions that were witnessed firsthand by an increasingly begrudging Eleanor Roosevelt

Table Of Contents

Prologue: The larger picture, 1960 -- Part I. Cain and Abel, 1890-1891 -- Part II. Everything to fear, 1893-1894 -- Part III. Popular and powerful, 1903-1905 -- Part IV. A shot, 1912 -- Part V. Believeing more than ever before, 1918-1920 -- Part VI. Rough stunts, 1924-1925 -- Part VII. The future and the past, 1932 -- Part VIII. Changing the world, 1936-1938 -- Part IS. Terrific responsibility, 1943-1945 -- Epilogue: The last sortie, 1962

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