Alice Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House princess to Washington power broker
Alice Roosevelt Longworth lived her entire life on the political stage and in the public eye, earning her the nickname "the other Washington monument." Historian Cordery presents a detailed and entertaining portrait of the witty and whip-smart daughter of Teddy Roosevelt. "Princess Al...
| Main Author: | Cordery, Stacy A. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Penguin,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- "It was awfully bad psychologically"
- "Sissy had a sweat nurse!"
- "Something more than a plain American girl"
- "I tried to be conspicuous"
- "Frightfully difficult trying to keep up appearances"
- "He never grew serious about anything"
- "When Alice came to Plunderland"
- "To bask in the rays of your reflected glory"
- "Alice is married at last"
- "Mighty pleased with my daughter and her husband"
- "Expelled from the Garden of Eden"
- "Quite marked schizophrenia"
- "Beating against bars"
- "To hate the Democrats so wholeheartedly"
- "Hello, hello, hello"
- "The political leader of the family"
- "An irresistible magnet"
- "The Washington dictatorship"
- "I believe in the preservation of this republic"
- "Full sixty years the world has been her trade"
- "The most fascinating conversationalist of our time".