|
No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Home Front in World War II
|
MSRP: $29.95
Your Price: $21.86
Savings: $ 8.09 ( 27% )
Shipping: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Home Front in World War II Information
|
|
From the bestselling author of The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedysand Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream comes a compelling chronicle of a nation and its leaders during the period when modern America was created. Presenting an aspect of American history that has never been fully told, Doris Kearns Goodwin describes how the isolationist and divided United States of 1940 was unified under the extraordinary leadership of Franklin Roosevelt to become, only five years later, the preeminent economic and military power in the world. Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the president's and first lady's comings and goings, Goodwin 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. Bringing to bear the tools of both history and biography, No Ordinary Time relates the unique story of how Franklin Roosevelt led the nation to victory against seemingly insurmountable odds and, with Eleanor's essential help, forever changed the fabric of American society.
|
|
|
What Customers Say About No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Home Front in World War II:
|
|
This book is fascinating. There are way too many errors in the Kindle Edition--is it too much to ask for a proof reader.
hawks. Most WWII books have focused on the actual battles and locations around the world. Excellent and detailled picture of Franklin and Eleanor's life on the home front before and during World War II. One can see how the same battles raging today in our country were shaped and influenced by the period. This book give us a view of the battles that were fought stateside, including racial tensions, liberal vs. conservative, isolationist vs. It also offers great insights into the personalities and characters of both the President and First Lady.The only drawback was the condition of the book that I received. It was billed as "like new" but clearly had been well-used before it got to me.
However, No Ordinary Time is the missing link that neatly ties it all together. I am 2/3 through this fabulous book and, although I am reserving my final opinion until the last page, I truly feel this will be my favorite book of my nearly 70 years on this planet. Doris Kearns Goodwin is a genius. WWII is my reader hot button. I am a great Stephen Ambrose fan and enjoy most authors writing about WWII. Meanwhile, I am savoring the remaining pages. I don't want this book to ever end.
It starts out slow picks up steam and then ends slow. Goodwin is an excellent author. This book is much the same as her others. Great overview of FDR and WWII. Fantastic book and definitely worth the purchase (though I would recommend springing the extra bucks for the hardcover).
Fascinating story and wonderfully written. I will read all of Doris Kearns Goodwin's books.
|
|
 |
|
|
