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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 When Franklin Roosevelt was nominated for president in 1932, some doubted whether he had the strength to lead the country out of the worst economic depression in its history. But his physical courage buoyed his worried listeners, and he enjoyed himself on the campaign trail.
#2 Eleanor Roosevelt was not involved in the political discussions that took place around...
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In 1933, as her husband assumed the presidency, Eleanor Roosevelt embarked on the claustrophobic, duty-bound existence of the First Lady with dread. Putting her deep disappointment in her marriage behind her, she had developed an independent life which was threatened by her new public role. A lifeline came to her in the form of a feisty campaign reporter for the Associated Press, Lorena Hickok. Over the next thirty years, until Eleanor's death, the...
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Traducción al español del libro: Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady (English Edition)
Por primera vez se publica la historia del romance que mantuvo Eleanor Roosevelt con Lorena Hickok la redactora asignada por la agencia Associated Press, para seguir sus pasos. Todo un secreto a voces que escandalizó a la sociedad de la época. La autora Susan Quinn, desvela el affair con maestría situándolo en el escenario político,...