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First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc., 1992
Published in Penguin Books 1993
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Copyright © Blanche Wiesen Cook, 1992
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Pages iv-v: UPI/Bettmann; iv (insert): The Bettmann Archive. In photo section, pages 8 (top) and 14 (top) Pach Bros./Bettmann; 10: Bachrach Studios; 12 (below): Roy Karten; 13 (top): New York Times Pictures; 16 (below): Jessie Tarbox Beals, courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library; 17 (top): Dagmar Schultz; 17 (below): G. W. Harting, courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library; 21 (below): Keystone Press; 23 (top): Capitol Press; 23 (below right): Underwood & Underwood/Bettmann; 24: UPI/Bettmann. All other photographs courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Cook, Blanche Wiesen.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume One 1884–1933 / Blanche Wiesen Cook.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
EISBN: 9781101567463
1. Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884–1962. 2. Presidents—United States—Wives—Biography. I. Title.
E807.1.R48C66 1992
973.917’092—dc20
[B] 87-40632
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