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Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor - Hardcover

Roosevelt, Curtis

 
9781586485542: Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents, Franklin and Eleanor
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1586485547 ISBN 13: 9781586485542
Verlag: PublicAffairs, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Curtis Roosevelt was three when he and his sister, Eleanor, arrived at the White House soon after their grandfather's inauguration. The country's “First Grandchildren,” a pint-sized double act, they were known to the media as “Sistie and Buzzie.”

In this rich memoir, Roosevelt brings us into “the goldfish bowl,” as his family called it—that glare of public scrutiny to which all presidential households must submit. He recounts his misadventures as a hapless kid in an unforgivably formal setting and describes his role as a tiny planet circling the dual suns of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Blending self-abasement, humor, awe and affection, Too Close to the Sun is an intimate portrait of two of the most influential and inspirational figures in modern American history—and a thoughtful exploration of the emotional impact of growing up in their irresistible aura.

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Curtis Roosevelt is the second eldest child of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and the oldest grandson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1964, he joined the Secretariat of the United Nations, where for eighteen years he held various positions in the international civil service sector. He lives in France with his wife.

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Verlag
PublicAffairs
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1586485547
ISBN 13 
9781586485542
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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