03421cam a2200457 4500 513464666 TxAuBib 20180414120000.0 180412|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062383334 hardback 0062383337 hardback TxAuBib Mann, William J. The wars of the Roosevelts : the ruthless rise of America's greatest political family. First edition. 2016. New York,NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers. x, 609 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Prologue: The larger picture, 1960 -- Cain and Abel, 1890-1891 -- Everything to fear, 1893-1894 -- Popular and powerful, 1903-1905 -- A shot, 1912 -- Believing more than ever before, 1918-1920 -- Rough stunts, 1924-1925 -- The future and the past, 1932 -- Changing the world, 1936-1938 -- Terrific responsibility, 1943-1945 -- Epilogue: The last sortie, 1962. Drawing on historical documents and interviews with the long-silent 'illegitimate' branch of the family, celebrity biographer William J. Mann paints a group portrait of this legendary family. Mann argues that the Roosevelts' rise to power and prestige was driven by a series of intense personal contests that at times devolved into blood sport. Eleanor Roosevelt experienced this brutality firsthand, witnessing her uncle Theodore cruelly destroy her father, Elliott -- Theodore's brother and bitter rival -- for political expediency. This 'worshipful niece, ' Mann contends, in fact bore a grudge against TR for the rest of her life. A new understanding of Eleanor, as well as of her relationship with Franklin, emerges. Mann also brings into focus Eleanor's cousins, TR's children -- Alice, Ted, and Kermit -- whose stories propelled the family rivalry. We also learn the story of Eleanor's illegitimate half-brother, Elliott Roosevelt Mann, who inherited his family's ambition and skills without their name and privilege, and whom TR did his best to exile. Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs from Elliott's archives, The Wars of the Roosevelts is a deeply psychological history, illuminating not only the enviable strengths but also the profound shame of this remarkable and influential family. 20180815. Roosevelt family. Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Family. Roosevelt, Theodore, -- 1858-1919 -- Family. Roosevelt, Franklin D. -- (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945 -- Family. Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Biography. Children of presidents -- United States -- Biography. Illegitimate children -- Biography. Upper class -- United States -- Biography. Dysfunctional families -- United States -- Biography. Cousins -- United States -- Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State. Children of presidents. Cousins. Dysfunctional families. Families. Biography. United States. Biographies.