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Someone to watch over me, a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life, Eric Burns

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Someone to watch over me, a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life, Eric Burns

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index

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collective biography

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illustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Someone to watch over me

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bibliography

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973899786

Responsibility statement

Eric Burns

Sub title

a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life

Summary

Eleanor Roosevelt's loveless marriage with FDR was no secret, and she had a cold relationship with most of her family, as well. Yet she was a warm person, beloved by friends, and her humanitarian work still influences the world today. Burns shows how Eleanor was shaped by her father Elliott, a lost spirit with a bittersweet story. Brother to Theodore Roosevelt, Elliot would eventually succumb to alcoholism and would be exiled to the Virginia countryside. But he kept up a close correspondence with his daughter. Burns reveals new facets to the lives of these pillars of American history

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Story of Elliott and Eleanor Roosevelt

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