The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: An Untold Story | By Elliott Roosevelt & James Brough | 1973 | History of the Roosevelts

The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: An Untold Story was written by Elliott Roosevelt & James Brough in 1973. This is the first in a series of books by Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt's third son Elliot. According to the dust jacket... "Both my parents evolved, through terrible, wrenching, soul-searching experiences, into very strong individuals, dedicated to ideals that they thoroughly believed in. They both influenced each other's lives, but one did not make the other." 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990) was an American aviation official and wartime officer in the United States Army Air Forces, reaching the rank of brigadier general. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Elliott authored numerous books, including a mystery series in which his mother, Eleanor Roosevelt, is the detective, as Murieron and the First Lady (1984). Roosevelt described his experiences with his father during five important war conferences in his best-selling book As He Saw It. He also edited FDR: His Personal Letters, published after the war in four volumes. With James Brough, Roosevelt wrote a highly personal book about his parents called The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: An Untold Story, in which he revealed details about the sexual lives of his parents, including his father's relationships with mistress Lucy Mercer and secretary Marguerite ("Missy") LeHand[10] as well as graphic details surrounding the 1921 paralytic illness that crippled his father. Published in 1973, the biography also contains valuable insights into FDR's run for vice-president, his rise to the governorship of New York, and his capture of the presidency in 1932, particularly with the help of Louis McHenry Howe. A sequel to An Untold Story with James Brough, published in 1975 and titled A Rendezvous With Destiny, carried the Roosevelt saga to the end of World War II. Mother R.: Eleanor Roosevelt's Untold Story, also with Brough, was published in 1977; The Conservators, a political book, in 1982. Eleanor Roosevelt, with Love: A Centenary Remembrance, came out in 1984.

BIXLEY NOTES
• The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: An Untold Story
• Written by Elliott Roosevelt & James Brough
• Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1973
• Hardcover with dust jacket
• Possible First Edition
• 318 pages
• Black & White Photography
• Measures 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"

VINTAGE NOTES
• In very good condition
• No shelf wear on the covers
• Dust jacket is in great shape - no creases or tears
• Magazine article on Eleanor Roosevelt is tapes to the inside front page
• Pages are excellent condition

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