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Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, the most socially and politically active -- and controversial -- First Lady America had ever seen. Ambassador, activist, and champion of civil rights, Eleanor Roosevelt changed the soul of America forever. Includes selected quotes from Eleanor's own writings.
Pub. Date
[200?]
Description
Evita: True-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve fortune and fame. Frida: The life of artist Frida Kahlo, from her humble upbringing to her worldwide fame and controversy that surrounded both her and her husband, Diego Rivera.
386) Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the other remarkable women in his life
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR's romance with Lucy Rutherfurd (which was far deeper and lasted much longer than was previously acknowledged). Persico also shows how FDR's infidelity as a husband contributed to Eleanor's eventual transformation from a repressed Victorian to perhaps the greatest American woman of her century; how the shaping hand of FDR's strong-willed mother helped to imbue him with...
389) Hillary
Author
Pub. Date
[2016].
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses the life and career of presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, trace her early years as an outspoken student at Wellesley and Yale, her marriage to the 42nd president, and her achievements as a senator and secretary of state.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of Lady Bird Johnson, who, as the wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson, reminded citizens about the importance of conserving natural resources and promoted the beautification of cities and highways by planting wildflowers.
392) Complete American presidents sourcebook. Volume 5, John F. Kennedy through George W. Bush, 1961-2001
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Description
This volume presents presidential entries from John F. Kennedy through George W. Bush.
Author
Pub. Date
©2014.
Description
"Never sisters loved each other better than we."--Abigail Adams in a letter to her sister Mary, June 1776. Much has been written about the enduring marriage of President John Adams and his wife, Abigail. But few know of the equally strong bond Abigail shared with her sisters, Mary Cranch and Elizabeth Shaw Peabody, accomplished women in their own right. Now acclaimed biographer Diane Jacobs reveals their moving story, which unfolds against the stunning...
396) No ordinary time
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Description
Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, the author paints a detailed, intimate portrait not only of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime but of the Roosevelts themselves and their extraordinary constellation of friends, advisers, and family, many of whom lived with them in the White House.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 29
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Description
In her memoir Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped herf́rom her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the worldś most famous address. She describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived itín her own words and on her own terms.
Series
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
A deft politician and skillful diplomat, TR's magnetic personality and genius for publicity made him a legend in his own time. Through archival footage and interviews with historians, this is an engaging portrait of the private man and the president who created the modern American presidency
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