The wars of the Roosevelts : the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family / William J. Mann.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First Harper Perennial editionDescription: x, 609 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : genealogical table, illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062383345
- 9780062383341
- 9780062383334
- 0062383337
- Roosevelt family
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Family
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 -- Family
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Family
- Roosevelt (Famille)
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
- Roosevelt family
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
- Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography
- Children of presidents -- United States -- Biography
- Cousins -- United States -- Biography
- Illegitimate children -- Biography
- Upper class -- United States -- Biography
- Dysfunctional families -- United States -- Biography
- Cousins -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Enfants naturels -- Biographies
- Classes supérieures -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Familles inadaptées -- États-Unis -- Biographies
- Upper class
- Presidents' spouses
- Illegitimate children
- Dysfunctional families
- Cousins
- Children of presidents
- Families
- United States
- 973.910922 MANN
- E807.1 .M36 2017
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-590) and index.
Prologue: The larger picture, 1960 -- Cain and Abel, 1890-1891 -- Everything to fear, 1893-1894 -- Popular and powerful, 1903-1905 -- A shot, 1912 -- Believing more than ever before, 1918-1920 -- Rough stunts, 1924-1925 -- The future and the past, 1932 -- Changing the world, 1936-1938 -- Terrific responsibility, 1943-1945 -- Epilogue: The last sortie, 1962.
Drawing on historical documents and interviews with the long-silent 'illegitimate' branch of the family, Mann paints a group portrait of this legendary family. He argues that the Roosevelts' rise to power and prestige was driven by a series of intense personal contests that at times devolved into blood sport. Eleanor Roosevelt experienced this brutality firsthand, witnessing her uncle Theodore cruelly destroy her father, Elliott-- Theodore's brother and bitter rival-- for political expediency. Mann also brings into focus Eleanor's cousins, TR's children-- Alice, Ted, and Kermit-- whose stories propelled the family rivalry.
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