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Eleanor Roosevelt : a life of discovery /

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Clarion Books, �1993.Description: 198 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0899198627
  • 9780899198620
  • 0395845203
  • 9780395845202
  • 9781435286030
  • 1435286030
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Eleanor Roosevelt.DDC classification:
  • 973.917/092 20
LOC classification:
  • E807.1.R48 F74 1993
Online resources:
Contents:
First lady -- Poor little rich girl -- Mademoiselle Souvestre -- Cousin Franklin -- Conventional society matron -- The education of Eleanor Roosevelt -- Friendship and politics -- A President's wife -- Partners -- The war years -- On her own.
Awards:
  • Newbery Honor Book, 1994.
  • Boston Globe-Horn book award for nonfiction.
  • Golden Kite award for nonfiction.
  • ALA notable book.
  • YALSA best book for young adults.
Review: A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Barcode
JB JB Chamberlin Free Public Library Juvenile Nonfiction JB ROO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000116064

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-191) and index.

First lady -- Poor little rich girl -- Mademoiselle Souvestre -- Cousin Franklin -- Conventional society matron -- The education of Eleanor Roosevelt -- Friendship and politics -- A President's wife -- Partners -- The war years -- On her own.

A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. The intriguing story of Eleanor Roosevelt traces the life of the former First Lady from her early childhood through the tumultuous years in the White House to her active role in the founding of the United Nations after World War II.

Newbery Honor Book, 1994.

Boston Globe-Horn book award for nonfiction.

Golden Kite award for nonfiction.

ALA notable book.

YALSA best book for young adults.

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