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No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II, Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Summary
The United States of 1940, an isolationist country divided along class lines, still suffering the ravages of a decade-long depression, and woefully unprepared for war, was unified by a common threat and by the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become, only five years later, the preeminent economic and military power in the world. At the center of the country's transformation was the complex partnership of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin knew the war could not be won without focusing the energies of the American people and expanding his base of support -- making his peace with conservative leaders and gaining the cooperation of big business. Eleanor, meanwhile, felt the war would not be worth winning if the old order of things at home prevailed, and was often at odds with her husband in her efforts to preserve the gains of the New Deal and achieve reforms in civil rights, housing, and welfare programs. While Franklin manned the war room at the White House and met with Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Mackenzie King, and other world leaders to discuss strategy for the war abroad, Eleanor crisscrossed the country, visiting the American people, seeing how the war and policies her husband made in Washington affected them as individuals. Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin paints a detailed, intimate portrait not only of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime but of the Roosevelts themselves and their extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family, many of whom lived with them in the White House: Missy LeHand, FDR's "other wife" and secretary; Harry Hopkins, FDR's closest friend and adviser; the president's indomitable mother, Sara; the Roosevelts' daughter, Anna; Eleanor's close friends Lorena Hickock and Joe Lash; Crown Princess Martha of Norway; FDR's former lover Lucy Rutherfurd, who, in a final, painful blow to Eleanor, was with him when he died. Bringing to bear the tools of both history and biography, Goodwin relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt, surrounded by his small circle of intimates, led the nation to military victory abroad against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
759 pages, [32] pages of plates
Contents
  • "Arsenal of democracy"
  • "Business as usual"
  • "A great hour to live"
  • "A completely changed world"
  • "Two little boys playing soldier"
  • "What can we do to help?"
  • "By god, if it ain't Old Frank!"
  • "We are striking back"
  • "The greatest man I have ever known"
  • "It is blood on your hands"
  • Preface
  • "It was a sight I will never forget"
  • "I want to sleep and sleep"
  • "Suspended in space"
  • "The old master still had it"
  • "So darned busy"
  • "It is good to be home"
  • "Everybody is crying"
  • "A new country is being born"
  • Afterword
  • "The decisive hour has come"
  • "A few nice boys with BB guns"
  • "Back to the Hudson"
  • "Living here is very oppressive"
  • "No ordinary time"
  • "I am a juggler"
  • "I can't do anything about her"
Isbn
9780684804484
Instance
Label
No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II
Title
No ordinary time
Title remainder
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II
Statement of responsibility
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
The United States of 1940, an isolationist country divided along class lines, still suffering the ravages of a decade-long depression, and woefully unprepared for war, was unified by a common threat and by the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become, only five years later, the preeminent economic and military power in the world. At the center of the country's transformation was the complex partnership of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin knew the war could not be won without focusing the energies of the American people and expanding his base of support -- making his peace with conservative leaders and gaining the cooperation of big business. Eleanor, meanwhile, felt the war would not be worth winning if the old order of things at home prevailed, and was often at odds with her husband in her efforts to preserve the gains of the New Deal and achieve reforms in civil rights, housing, and welfare programs. While Franklin manned the war room at the White House and met with Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Mackenzie King, and other world leaders to discuss strategy for the war abroad, Eleanor crisscrossed the country, visiting the American people, seeing how the war and policies her husband made in Washington affected them as individuals. Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin paints a detailed, intimate portrait not only of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime but of the Roosevelts themselves and their extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family, many of whom lived with them in the White House: Missy LeHand, FDR's "other wife" and secretary; Harry Hopkins, FDR's closest friend and adviser; the president's indomitable mother, Sara; the Roosevelts' daughter, Anna; Eleanor's close friends Lorena Hickock and Joe Lash; Crown Princess Martha of Norway; FDR's former lover Lucy Rutherfurd, who, in a final, painful blow to Eleanor, was with him when he died. Bringing to bear the tools of both history and biography, Goodwin relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt, surrounded by his small circle of intimates, led the nation to military victory abroad against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society
Awards note
Pulitzer Prize for History, 1995.
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Dewey number
  • 973.917/092/2
  • B
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
NLM call number
B Roosevelt F Goodwin
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D.
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • United States
  • Presidents
  • Presidents' spouses
  • Presidents
  • Presidents' spouses
  • United States
  • Presidents
  • Presidents
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • United States
Label
No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 715-725) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "Arsenal of democracy"
  • "Business as usual"
  • "A great hour to live"
  • "A completely changed world"
  • "Two little boys playing soldier"
  • "What can we do to help?"
  • "By god, if it ain't Old Frank!"
  • "We are striking back"
  • "The greatest man I have ever known"
  • "It is blood on your hands"
  • Preface
  • "It was a sight I will never forget"
  • "I want to sleep and sleep"
  • "Suspended in space"
  • "The old master still had it"
  • "So darned busy"
  • "It is good to be home"
  • "Everybody is crying"
  • "A new country is being born"
  • Afterword
  • "The decisive hour has come"
  • "A few nice boys with BB guns"
  • "Back to the Hudson"
  • "Living here is very oppressive"
  • "No ordinary time"
  • "I am a juggler"
  • "I can't do anything about her"
Control code
ocm30736131
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
759 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780684804484
Lccn
94028565
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
No ordinary time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt : the home front in World War II, Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 715-725) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • "Arsenal of democracy"
  • "Business as usual"
  • "A great hour to live"
  • "A completely changed world"
  • "Two little boys playing soldier"
  • "What can we do to help?"
  • "By god, if it ain't Old Frank!"
  • "We are striking back"
  • "The greatest man I have ever known"
  • "It is blood on your hands"
  • Preface
  • "It was a sight I will never forget"
  • "I want to sleep and sleep"
  • "Suspended in space"
  • "The old master still had it"
  • "So darned busy"
  • "It is good to be home"
  • "Everybody is crying"
  • "A new country is being born"
  • Afterword
  • "The decisive hour has come"
  • "A few nice boys with BB guns"
  • "Back to the Hudson"
  • "Living here is very oppressive"
  • "No ordinary time"
  • "I am a juggler"
  • "I can't do anything about her"
Control code
ocm30736131
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
759 pages, [32] pages of plates
Isbn
9780684804484
Lccn
94028565
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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