Someone to watch over me
Subtitle: a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life
By: Eric Burns
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9781681773285
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Presidents' spouses; Politics and government; Biography
Other titles: Story of Elliott and Eleanor Roosevelt
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt's loveless marriage with FDR was no secret, and she had a cold relationship with most of her family, as well. Yet she was a warm person, beloved by friends, and her humanitarian work still influences the world today. Burns shows how Eleanor was shaped by her father Elliott, a lost spirit with a bittersweet story. Brother to Theodore Roosevelt, Elliot would eventually succumb to alcoholism and would be exiled to the Virginia countryside. But he kept up a close correspondence with his daughter. Burns reveals new facets to the lives of these pillars of American history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: First note to readers: The problems of the story; title: Prologue: Human rights; title: Elliott; title: Anna; title: Courtship; title: Marriage; title: Nell's homeliness; title: Nell's shyness; title: Nell's fears; title: Nell's loneliness; title: Nell's coldness; title: Second note to readers: The center of the mural; title: Father, 1873-89; title: Daughter, 1917-28; title: Father, 1890-92; title: Daughter, 1932-36; title: Father, 1891; title: Daughter, 1920s-1950s; title: Father, 1892-93; title: Daughter, 1936-62; title: Father, 1892-94; title: Daughter, 1948-59; title: Father, 1894; title: Daughter, 1952-62; title: Two legacies; title: Epilogue: The goodnight kiss.