| The Roosevelt I Knew Contributor(s): Perkins, Frances (Author), Cohen, Adam (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143106414 ISBN-13: 9780143106418 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2011007576 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.07" W x 7.69" (0.61 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A vivid and intimate portrait of the New Deal president by the first woman ever appointed to the U.S. Cabinet. When Frances Perkins first met Franklin D. Roosevelt at a dance in 1910, she was a young social worker and he was an attractive young man making a modest debut in state politics. Over the next thirty-five years, she watched his career unfold, becoming both a close family friend and a trusted political associate whose tenure as secretary of labor spanned his entire administration. FDR and his presidential policies continue to be widely discussed in the classroom and in the media, and The Roosevelt I Knew offers a unique window onto the man whose courage and pioneering reforms still resonate in the lives of Americans today. |