The wars of the Roosevelts : the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family /

Drawing on historical documents and interviews with the long-silent 'illegitimate' branch of the family, celebrity biographer William J. Mann paints a group portrait of this legendary family. Mann argues that the Roosevelts' rise to power and prestige was driven by a series of intense...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mann, William J. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Roosevelt family. Roosevelt, Eleanor, > 1884-1962 > Family. Roosevelt, Theodore, > 1858-1919 > Family. Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Family. Presidents' spouses > United States > Biography. Children of presidents > United States > Biography. Cousins > United States > Biography. Illegitimate children > Biography. Upper class > United States > Biography. Dysfunctional families > United States > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: The larger picture, 1960
Cain and Abel, 1890-1891
Everything to fear, 1893-1894
Popular and powerful, 1903-1905
A shot, 1912
Believing more than ever before, 1918-1920
Rough stunts, 1924-1925
The future and the past, 1932
Changing the world, 1936-1938
Terrific responsibility, 1943-1945
Epilogue: The last sortie, 1962.