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The First Lady Of Radio: Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts
Hardback
Main Details
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The First Lady Of Radio: Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Stephen Drury Smith
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Foreword by Blanche Wiesen Cook
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:272 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 210,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | History |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781620970423
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| Classifications | Dewey:973.917092 791.447 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
The New Press
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| Imprint |
The New Press
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| Publication Date |
6 January 2015 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
On the afternoon of 7 December 1941, as a stunned nation gathered to hear the news about the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Eleanor Roosevelt was preparing for her weekly radio programme. Now, her ground-breaking career as a radio broadcaster is almost entirely forgotten. As First Lady, she hosted a series of programs that revolutionised how Americans related to their chief executive and his family. The First Lady of Radio rescues these broadcasts from the archives, presenting a carefully curated sampling of transcripts of Roosevelt's most famous radio shows.
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