Lash, Joseph P.

An absorbing account of the men and women who helped Roosevelt pull the country out of the Great Depression.

Miss Eleanor Southeran was reliably informed that independence of mind was not a desirable quality in a young lady. But, convinced that she could not love any of the fashionable fribbles of the Ton, Eleanor had so far evaded matrimony.Meeting Mr. Jonas Guthrie, a forthright, coolly cynical gentleman, was a refreshing change--until the scandal that surrounded his name was revealed. Believing herself deceived about his character, Eleanor intended never to see him again. But Jonas had other plans for her....

Gives insight into Eleanor's childhood, how she overcame personal insecurity, how she coped as a politician's wife, and describes her relationship with her husband, Franklin.

A biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, whose efforts to aid her husband in his work, in spite of her shyness, made her one of the most admired First Ladies in history.

When her beloved brother incurs a disastrous gambling debt, lovely Carmella knows that his reckless plan offers their only hope of escaping disgrace. But does their host, the formidable Marquis of Ingleton, really believe her to be a worldly Society beauty? Or does this disturbingly handsome man suspect the terrifying shame that Carmella must risk?