Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born. All about No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines-Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. Doris Kearns Goodwin.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. They all made themselves leaders through their work ethic, she said. Warmly inscribed by the author, “To Chris, With great respect and affection. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, and how it shaped the. Her experiences working for LBJ in the White House. Doris Kearns Goodwins Pulitzer Prizewinning classic about the relationship between Franklin D. Goodwin has deftly reminded us just how extraordinary FDR and Eleanor were in ‘no ordinary times.No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.įirst edition of the historian’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. DORIS KEARNS GOODWINs interest in leadership began more than half a century ago as a professor at Harvard. “A thoroughly terrific and important work, a valuable addition to Roosevelt literature. Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin. How their talents, insecurities, and demons impacted on the country and the world will be much better understood with the publication of this remarkable book.” With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves. “A tale rendered nearly seamless by Goodwin’s skills as a reporter and writer, and by the immense entanglement of her subjects’ private and public lives. The reader feels like a resident in the White House.”

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