Virginia
said "yes" to attending the event: THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB - NEW HISTORICAL FICTION SERIES BOOK DISCUSSION BEGINS .
date: January 04, 2010 08:00AM
location: The United States
description: The History Book Club is currently reading A. Lincoln by Ronald C. White as part of its Presidential Series discussion and our spotlighted book is currently No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front to World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin.
This event notification is, however, for the JAN/FEB/MARCH selection for the Historical Fiction offering titled Killer Angels by Michael Shaara which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975.
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There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have...
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Virginia
said "yes" to attending the event: THE HISTORY BOOK CLUB - NEW SPOTLIGHTED BOOK DISCUSSION BEGINS.
date: February 21, 2010 08:00AM
location: The United States
description: The History Book Club currently has as its spotlighted book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front to World War II by Doris Kearns Goodwin. This event notification is, however, for the next Spotlighted book discussion beginning February 21, 2010 titled The First World War by Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan OBE.
PW said that the book was a "riveting narrative that puts diaries, letters and action reports to good use, British military historian Keegan ...more
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FDR gave Eleanor her role - as his domestic partner in the US which was more of a partnership than at home. He would tell her to attend various events, talk to certain people, and report back to him what she had learned. This knowledge ranged from what people were saying about the US and what was going on to Hollywood gossip a la Paulette Goddard. The European theatre of WWII was opening up fast, and FDR had to concentrate on this. Eleanor helped him by going out where/when he couldn't, and keep him informed and up to date on domestic issues. You can say it was gender specific also, where Eleanor concentrated on 'home' and FDR focused on away-from-home issues.
I believe FDR saw the war as unavoidable, and it would be only a matter of time before the US got directly involved. His speech asking for additional funds to stock up and build up defense was mobilizing for war. I think Eleanor knew this, too, but let his domestic assignments to her enable her to avoid thinking about this unpleasant time to come. ]]>
Ed said, "Lucy Mercer was a Roman Catholic and could not marry again because divorce was forbidden...
This is all quite true, technically, or should I say church technically. The influence of having to confess to clear herself of their affair would be how heavily it bothered her to sin in any way.
I agree that FDR's mother's disapproval of divorce carried a ton of weight; also the effect it would have on his political career I believe was of equal consideration against divorcing.
Nowadays, it has become the effects of an affair out in the open rather than divorce itself that can quickly eliminate any high political ambitions; even that has degrees, though. Jon Corzine is divorced because of an affair he had, and he carries on. I don't have to go into the circumstances of the John Edwards affair and the slaughter of his political future. Again, the media is involved, where in the 1940's, one could indeed hide so much more than now.
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I had Grant down as someone out of the mainstream, until I saw that the main votes were going to my twin other choices, so I'm in 'with the crowd'. There's a lot to learn from any of the Presidents, especially ones not explored regularly, like Lincoln. ]]>
#98 - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jackie-k-c...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320286/
I think I agree with the first comment about the movie on the IMDB. They were very passionate artists, and while Lifetime is on cable, it was shown during primetime. I think the movie was filmed a bit tempered down, as was said in this review. Anyway, it was definitely enough to spark an interest in them.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094747/
I found the movie I saw a long time ago that brought back his music.
If the link fails, the title is Bird. ]]>
Virginia
read and liked a piece of writing titled "A simple poem"
by Larry
"she talks to her cats
as if they clearly understand the meaning of her words
and can make informed decisions about their future courses of action.
it makes her feel better
to know " ...read more »
"she talks to her cats
as if they clearly understand the meaning of her words
and can make informed decisions about their future courses of action.
it makes her feel better
to know " ...read more »