Bibliograph

Hissing cousins, the untold story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer

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Hissing cousins, the untold story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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collective biography

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platesillustrationsgenealogical tables

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hissing cousins

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer

Sub title

the untold story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Orphans -- Home abroad -- Domestic affairs -- Other women -- Civil War -- The singing teapot -- New roles -- In the arena -- Clouds of war -- Cold peace -- Monuments

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Untold story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

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