no ordinary time by doris kearns goodwin

Confined to a chronology of five years, Goodwin gave taut shape to a small ensemble cast, opening with artful. 23, 1994 A superb dual portrait of the 32nd President and his First Lady, whose extraordinary partnership steered the nation through the perilous WW II years. Its No Ordinary Time that marked an exceptional advance in technique. History Book Club split main selection BOMC alternate author tour. NO ORDINARY TIME FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: THE HOMEFRONT IN WORLD WAR II by Doris Kearns Goodwin RELEASE DATE: Sept. No Ordinary Time: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History, No Ordinary Time relates the story of how Franklin D.

The author's portrait offers a fresh perspective on WWII and, more than coincidentally during the debate over the proper role of Hillary Rodham Clinton, depicts how a savvy, relentlessly involved First Lady incalculably enriched and shaped the political and social agendas of the nation. Previous works on the Roosevelts have suggested that, as an adviser, Eleanor was her husband's political and social conscience Goodwin shows in stunning detail that even more, she was his astute political partner, lobbyist and goad. As Goodwin makes richly evident, Eleanor was a homefront counterpart to Winston Churchill, a partner and provocateur whose relationship with FDR was rarely smooth and often frankly confrontational. Narrating the events of the war from the vantage point of the White House, Goodwin (Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream) reveals a political drama fought in Congress, within the cabinet, in the press and in the living quarters of the executive mansion.

Nor has any history of WWII so fully documented the domestic life of the nation during the international crisis. No previous biography of a president has given so complete a picture of how private lives and political questions intersect uniquely for the residents of the White House.

No ordinary time by doris kearns goodwin