Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years And After, 1939-1962

"In the earlier volumes of her acclaimed biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, historian Blanche Wiesen Cook described Eleanor’s emotionally deprived childhood and delved into the marital partnership that evolved between Eleanor and Franklin. In this third and final volume, Cook focuses on the war years. As the president’s attention shifted away from his New Deal programs, Eleanor pushed for progressive ideals like racial equality and full employment. She also grew into the role of “First Lady of the World,” working for refugee rescue and traveling to Blitz-ravaged London and bases in Bora Bora and Guadalcanal. Cook has written a superb conclusion to one of the 20th century’s most monumental lives."