Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of DiscoveryA photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own. |
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Anna Hall had been a glamorous debutante, admired for her stunning beauty and grace. Elliott belonged to the exclusive Meadow Brook Country Club.
Anna Hall had been a glamorous debutante, admired for her stunning beauty and grace. Elliott belonged to the exclusive Meadow Brook Country Club.
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She looked so beautiful I was grateful to be allowed to touch her dress or her jewels or anything that was part of the vision which I admired.
She looked so beautiful I was grateful to be allowed to touch her dress or her jewels or anything that was part of the vision which I admired.
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"Attention and admiration were the things . ... to feel so conscious of the fact that nothing about me would attract attention or would bring me admiration.
"Attention and admiration were the things . ... to feel so conscious of the fact that nothing about me would attract attention or would bring me admiration.
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Souvestre chatting away in French ... we admired her courage." The students lived in a drafty brick building where "one 23 three: Mademoiselle Souvestre.
Souvestre chatting away in French ... we admired her courage." The students lived in a drafty brick building where "one 23 three: Mademoiselle Souvestre.
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"Eleanor's room every Saturday would be full of flowers because she was so admired," Corinne reported. Eleanor would later call her three years at ...
"Eleanor's room every Saturday would be full of flowers because she was so admired," Corinne reported. Eleanor would later call her three years at ...
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Clarion nonfiction Newbery Honor Book |
| Auteur | Russell Freedman |
| Collaborateur | Ted Hipple Young Adult Literature Collection |
| Édition | réimprimée |
| Éditeur | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0899198627, 9780899198620 |
| Longueur | 198 pages |
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