This is just the book for anyone who is interested in these historical figures but do not want to slog through individual volumes for each of them. It's a biography of Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt. -- Malinda Nash, Houston Chronicle The hours that went into the research cannot be numbered I'm sure. Burns and Dunn enrich our understanding of why and how government has often been the solution to so many of our economic and social problems. Great ReviewsThis book profiles several presidents, from their childhoods to their ascension to the country's top position, and each one's legacy. The Three Roosevelts is the first biography to combine the intertwining lives of these leaders, who emerged from New York's elite to become unwavering enemies of economic privilege and the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century. The Three Roosevelts takes readers on an exhilarating voyage through these tumultuous decades of our nation's past, and these momentous events are seen through the Roosevelts' eyes, their actions, and their passions.
demonstrates the masterly use of political psychology to understand both the power of leaders and the dynamic between leaders and followers. It would be interesting to talk with Susan Dunn and get her impressions of then and now. They each were unique leaders and influenced our Nation for the better.
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The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who emerged from the closed society of New York's Knickerbocker elite to become the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century. The "New Deal" was organized to help America recover from the depression. "A remarkable example of narrative and biographical history at its best." Wonderful book with stories I had not heard before, I recommend it as a good read. December 1st 2007 Met the author, too. What was disturbing was how much of this we are still grappling with now and how relevant the book is. The detail that went into the writing cannot be imagined. The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family The French have a saying, "Plus les choses changent plus elles retent les memes", which translates as "the more things change, the more they stay the same." Pedantic, ponderous, didactic. It is a great read but to give each of the players their due, I believe it would have worked better if they had written a triology. Written with impeccable scholarship." With Peter Coyote, George F. Will, Geoffrey C. Ward, Doris Kearns Goodwin. This is true about a umber of things, but none more blatant than civil rights.
This is almost entirely political and an exploration of the three Roosevelt’s leadership styles. "A remarkable example of narrative and biographical history at its best." A Stillness at Appomattox: The Army of the Potomac Trilogy
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In 1902 he resurrected the nearly defunct Sherman Antitrust Act by bringing a lawsuit that led to the breakup of a huge railroad conglomerate, the Northern Securities Company. It is a mixture of biography and political history which works, for the most part. From Cold War to Hot Peace: An American Ambassador in Putin's Russia
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act has not been repealed by Congress and has been many times amended, the latest being in the 1990s. Of course, each of these individuals has commanded numerous and extensive biographieThe French have a saying, "Plus les choses changent plus elles retent les memes", which translates as "the more things change, the more they stay the same." The Roosevelts: An Intimate History chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. I wouldn’t have gravitated to this on my own though. Pedantic, ponderous, didactic. Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt led America through some of the most turbulent times in its history.
His groundbreaking two-part biography FDR, Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox and Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.