Alice; Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
New York: Viking, 2007. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. xiv, [4], 590 pages. Illustrations. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Front DJ flap price clipped. Inscribed by the author. Copy of book review from the Washington Post laid in. Stacy Cordery is a biographer and professor of History at Iowa State University. She is currently under contract with Viking/Penguin for a biography of the rags-to-riches, innovative American beauty entrepreneur Elizabeth Arden. Stacy's most recent book, Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts, earned praise from the Chicago Tribune, the Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, Kirkus, and Publisher's Weekly, among others. Her third book, Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker, was a New York Times notable non-fiction book and widely extolled for its depth of research and engaging prose. She is a popular speaker and has appeared on venues such as NPR, CNN, C-SPAN, the Diane Rehm Show, and the Smithsonian Channel. Derived from a Kirkus review: Cordery fully utilizes the personal papers of Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884–1980), inserting entries from her diary and letters to provide startlingly intimate material. Alice enjoyed a spectacular coming-out, embarking as a young celebrity on forays into the world and politics. To gain more independence, she married Ohio Congressman Nick Longworth was also a philanderer and a hard drinker, but Alice was his match in travel, entertaining and campaigning. Alienated by Nick’s affairs, Alice teamed up with Idaho senator William Borah, an opponent of Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations. They became lovers in 1919 and together rode the heady years of the ’20s under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover. Alice’s public drubbing of the New Deal and cousins FDR and Eleanor solidified her reputation as the leading political wit in Washington. Cordery cogently employing a plethora of detail to get at the character behind the hot air. Promises to revive the old dame’s reputation. Condition: very good condition / very good.
Keywords: Alice Roosevelt, Alice Longworth, Theodore Roosevelt, Politics and Government, Women's Studies, Nicholas Longworth, William Borah, Franklin Roosevelt, Bull Moose Party, Anna Cowles, Herbert Hoover, Ruth McCormick, Edith Roosevelt, Progressive Party
ISBN: 0670018333
[Book #56150]
Price: $50.00