Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942-1945 (Camp David Diaries, Vol. 1) [Paperback]

Pamela Thorson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Camp David Diaries | Publication Date: December 1, 2001

Volume I of the Camp David Diaries’ an eleven-volume series, is a tantalizing approach to historical fiction combining women, politics, intimacies and the keeping of secret diaries at Camp David. Volume I – Eleanor Roosevelt (1942-1945), offers a peek into Eleanor Roosevelt’s life, including World War II, infidelity, betrayal, unrequited love and life in the White House. Volume I contains comments by each succeeding First Lady (Bess, Mamie, Jackie, Lady Bird, Pat, Betty, Rosalynn, Nancy, Barbara and Hillary), who also have diaries of their own (Volumes II – XI). Over the years the women have created a First Ladies’ primer in which they share lessons learned, and give tips on how to handle their job, the press, the public, the White House staff, their children and, most of all, their husbands. The voyeuristic nature of diaries is appealing, but when they are about the last eleven First Ladies, they are even more intriguing. It is history with an attitude.

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What Pamela Thorson has done in this collection is to unbundle and rebundle history. The volumes provide a wholly new perspective on the last 60 years by letting us see facts commented on over time as values change and history explains itself. We see all this through the eyes of succeeding First Ladies. A brilliant project, and a stunning poetic artifice to bring history alive.

From the Author

I want you all to find out what these incredible First Ladies thought about, lived through and wrote down. The full collection should be available by summer of 2003. Let me hear your thoughts and comments. Please email me at [e-mail]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Sterling-Miller Publishing Company (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931791014
• ISBN-13: 978-0931791017
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,292,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Modern Women, Modern Lives, April 27, 2002

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This review is from: Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942-1945 (Camp David Diaries, Vol. 1) (Paperback)

I really connected to both Camp David Diaries, not only did it appeal to the voyerism so popular on television today but it revealed a more intimate life of the not so private lives of these important women. These diaries, though fictional, have a reality to them that you can't sense in autobigraphical works. It also allows younger women like myself exposure to more positive role models. You come to understand the good and the bad behind such a powerfull position in our government and that it is not all it's cracked up to be. If you have any interest in women who have made strides in our country and how they faced that adversity this is the series of works to commit to reading. You'll love the back and forth commentary(gossip) of all the First Ladies as they add their two cents about certain people and certain affairs.