Sherwood, Robert E. Roosevelt and Hopkins. An intimate History. First Edition. New York, Harper Brothers, 1948. 21 x 14 cm. xvii, 979 pages. Illustrated. Original black cloth with red and gilt label on spine. In original, price clipped dust jacket, now in archival jacket. Very good condition. Some shelf wear. Edges and end papers dust dulled. A few pages a little creased. Inscribed on the front free end paper: ‘A footnote to history of which you took such an important and able part’.

Provenance: From the Library of Sir Alan Francis Brook, Field Marshal Alanbrooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke.
The book is inscribed to Alanbrooke by Major Sir Patrick Ashley Cooper of Hexton Manor, former Governor of the Hudson’s Bay Company and a Director of the Bank of England between 1932 and 1955.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (1882 – 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A Democrat, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II. He is often rated by scholars as one of the three greatest U.S. Presidents, along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Harry Lloyd Hopkins (1890 – 1946) was an American social worker, the 8th Secretary of Commerce, and one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s closest advisors. He was one of the architects of the New Deal, especially the relief programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which he directed and built into the largest employer in the country. In World War II, he was Roosevelt’s chief diplomatic adviser and troubleshooter.
Robert Emmet Sherwood (1896 – 1955) was an American playwright, editor, and screenwriter. Sherwood also served as a speechwriter for President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He recounted the experience in his book Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History, which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography and a 1949 Bancroft Prize.

• Keywords: Americas · Biography & Literary Criticism · History · Literature · Politics · World War 2
• Language: English
• Dust Jacket
• First edition
• Inventory Number: 101252AB

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