No ordinary time
by Goodwin, Doris Kearns
Published by : Simon & Schuster, (New York :) Physical details: 759 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:0684804484. ISSN:978068480| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 - 999 | 973.9170924 Goo (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : Charles Toller | 78815 |
First published: 1994.
Awards:Pulitzer Prize, History, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [715]-725) and index.
"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" --
"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" --
"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.
Presenting an aspect of American history that has never been fully told, this Pulitzer Prize-winning work paints a detailed, intimate portrait of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt and provides a brilliant narrative account of America during wartime. Photos. No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines--Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.
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