|y .i74842481 |i 31740003188756 |l suta |s - |k |u 31 |x 0 |w 0 |v 8 |t 0 |z 10-26-16 |o l |a 973. In Eleanor's case, those romantic friendships were with men, like her beloved bodyguard Earl Miller, as well as with women, like the journalist Lorena Hickok. |y .i7471532x |i 31652002964535 |l wdpa |s - |k |u 7 |x 1 |w 0 |v 0 |t 0 |z 10-04-16 |o - |a 973.9 The unexpected and forbidden affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok unfolds in a triumph of historical fiction from the New York. |a United States |x Politics and government |y 1933-1945. |a A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok-a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-389) and index. |a 404 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations |c 25 cm |a Eleanor and Hick : |b the love affair that shaped a First Lady / |c Susan Quinn. It is a personal intimate book and very very well written with such a sensitive subject.
Afterward they filled FDR in on the adventure over a three-person White House dinner.|a YDXCP |b eng |e rda |c YDXCP |d BTCTA |d BDX |d GK8 |d OCLCQ |d TOH |d PX0 It covers also the life of Hick who stayed connected to Eleanor until Eleanors death. ("Lady, I get hungry," the tough-talking Hickok explained when Eleanor commented on her weight.) Indeed, the Buick proved the primary attraction only in a small Maine town, at the end of the trip, were the travelers recognized. And if they were, where would anyone stash them? Eleanor was nearly six feet tall. It was unlikely, Eleanor and Hick had assured the Secret Service, that they would be kidnapped. My current book, Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped A First Lady, presented a new kind of writing challenge. They traveled with remarkable anonymity and without escorts.
We have come a long way since a 1980 biography of Hickok that bypassed the women's massive correspondence and dismissed the friendship as a "belated schoolgirl crush." Today the relationship startles less for its intricate choreography than for its blithe simplicity: Six months into FDR's first term, Hick and Eleanor escaped in Eleanor's chrome-bumpered, light-blue convertible for a three-week tour of New England and Canada.
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