Frank Carlson Library

Drawing on historical documents and interviews with the long-silent 'illegitimate' branch of the family, Mann paints a group portrait of this legendary family.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...

"Written by leading royal historian Will Swift, The Roosevelts and the Royals is based on original source materials, including letters and diary entries - many of which are reproduced here - as well as interviews with numerous family members and original comments from the Queen Mother. Telling the story of the Roosevelt and Windsor dynasties from the 1880s all the way up to a royal visit to Hyde Park in 2002, the book traces in detail the early years...

A biography of the wife of president Franklin Roosevelt.

A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.

A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, whose efforts to aid her husband in his work, in spite of her shyness, amde her one of the most admired First Ladies in history.

A biography by her son of the woman who, despite her shyness, followed her conscience to become one of the most admired, most criticized, and most influential First Ladies in United States history.