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Roosevelts: An American Saga

Roosevelts: An American Saga

Collier, Peter

Paperback

Presidents & Heads of State20th Century United States HistoryUnited States Politics

Publisher Price: $25.99

ISBN10: 068480140X
ISBN13: 9780684801407
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Jun 1 1995
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.54
Height: 1.53 Width: 6.12 Depth: 8.94
Language: English
Drawing on extensive interviews and brimming with trenchant anecdotes, this historical portrait casts new light on the pivotal events and personalities that shaped the Roosevelt legacy--from Eleanor's often brutal relationship with her children and Theodore Jr.'s undoing in the 1924 New York gubernatorial race, to the heroism of Teddy's sons during both World Wars and FDR's loveless marriage.

The Roosevelts is a brilliant and controversial account of twentieth-century American political culture as seen through the lens of its preeminent political dynasty. Peter Collier shows how Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, along with their descendants, scrambled to define the direction that American politics would take. The Oyster Bay clan, influenced by the flamboyant Teddy, was extroverted, eccentric, tradition-bound, and family-oriented. They represented an age of American innocence that would be replaced by Franklin's Hyde Park Roosevelts, who were aloof and cold yet individualistic and progressive.

The Roosevelts is history at its most penetrating, a crucial work that illuminates the foundations of contemporary, American politics.

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