Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker

Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
by Stacy A. Cordery

Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
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Author: Stacy A. Cordery
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-30
ISBN: 0143114271
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Book Reviews of Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker

Book Review: Excellent biography on a little known subject
Summary: 5 Stars

As far as I know, no other biography has been written on Alice Roosevelt. Cordery gets high marks in detailing the life and love's of Alice, daughter of Teddy. She is a fascinating character, and while I do think the author goes a bit over reaching with her argument that Alice was a "washington power broker", I do believe she more then adequately delves into the life of a strong woman determined to make a difference.
Biographies like this make me wonder how many more awesome women in history have yet to have their stories told.

Summary of Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker

An entertaining and eye-opening biography of America?s most memorable first daughter

From the moment Teddy Roosevelt?s outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White House?carrying a snake and dangling a cigarette?the outspoken Alice began to put her imprint on the whole of the twentieth-century political scene. Her barbed tongue was as infamous as her scandalous personal life, but whenever she talked, powerful people listened, and she reigned for eight decades as the social doyenne in a town where socializing was state business. Historian Stacy Cordery?s unprecedented access to personal papers and family archives enlivens and informs this richly entertaining portrait of America?s most memorable first daughter and one of the most influential women in twentieth-century American society and politics.

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