No Ordinary Time
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Explore the dynamic and revolutionary era of America's past with No Ordinary Time. This Pulitzer-winning history book chronicles the Roosevelt family's marriage, partnership, and impact on the nation during a time of war and change. Doris Kearns Goodwin expertly pieces together details to provide an intimate, captivating portrait of the First Lady, the President, and a new, modern America.
Publish Date
1995-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
1995-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1994
Goodreads Rating
4.19
ISBN
9780684804484
Categories
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2021-01-15T17:43:29.000Z
A few weeks ago, @vulture asked me to describe 10 books that have impacted me along the way. List just out: Chinua Achebe, Dorothy Day, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Ralph Ellison, Bernard Malamud, Doris Kearns Goodwin, & more: – source2020-03-30T15:39:29.000Z
Book rec: No Ordinary Time, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. About the “home front” in WWII. Early in the book a good discussion of Roosevelt’s leadership in mobilizing industry (whose hatred he had welcomed!) as the country transformed into the “arsenal of democracy.” Relevant. – source