02550cam a2200361 i 4500 1164640343 TxAuBib 20180109120000.0 170221s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781681773285 hardcover $27.95 1681773287 hardcover $27.95 (OCoLC)973899786 CCE eng rda CCE ZQP IGA FMG ILC GK8 UOK TxAuBib rda Burns, Eric, author. Someone to watch over me : a portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt and the tortured father who shaped her life / Eric Burns. Story of Elliott and Eleanor Roosevelt. First Pegasus Books cloth edition. New York : Pegasus Books, 2017. xxiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-278) and index. First note to readers: The problems of the story -- Prologue: Human rights -- Elliott -- Anna -- Courtship -- Marriage -- Nell's homeliness -- Nell's shyness -- Nell's fears -- Nell's loneliness -- Nell's coldness -- Second note to readers: The center of the mural -- Father, 1873-89 -- Daughter, 1917-28 -- Father, 1890-92 -- Daughter, 1932-36 -- Father, 1891 -- Daughter, 1920s-1950s -- Father, 1892-93 -- Daughter, 1936-62 -- Father, 1892-94 -- Daughter, 1948-59 -- Father, 1894 -- Daughter, 1952-62 -- Two legacies -- Epilogue: The goodnight kiss. Eleanor Roosevelt's loveless marriage with FDR was no secret, and she had a cold relationship with most of her family, as well. Yet she was a warm person, beloved by friends, and her humanitarian work still influences the world today. Burns shows how Eleanor was shaped by her father Elliott, a lost spirit with a bittersweet story. Brother to Theodore Roosevelt, Elliot would eventually succumb to alcoholism and would be exiled to the Virginia countryside. But he kept up a close correspondence with his daughter. Burns reveals new facets to the lives of these pillars of American history. 20180109. Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962. Roosevelt, Elliott Bulloch 1860-1894. Fathers and daughters United States Biography. Presidents' spouses United States Biography. United States Politics and government 1933-1945. TXKIP