‎Roosevelt franklin delano‎

‎Roosevelt Curtis‎

‎Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents Franklin and Eleanor‎

‎PublicAffairs. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. PublicAffairs unknown‎

Référence libraire : GRP64727881 ISBN : 1586485547 9781586485542

‎Roosevelt Curtis‎

‎Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of My Grandparents Franklin and Eleanor‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Public Affairs 2008. Oversized 302pp including list of sources and cast of characters Photographs Bottom outside corner of dust jacket has tiny staple pinpricks otherwise jacket is AS NEW. First Edition. Cloth Hardback. As New/Near Fine. Public Affairs Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 76843 ISBN : 1586485547 9781586485542

‎Roosevelt Curtis‎

‎Too Close to the Sun‎

‎Publicaffairs 2008. Ex-library copy. No library pocket. biography. First Printing. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Publicaffairs Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 52366 ISBN : 1586485547 9781586485542

‎Roosevelt Curtis‎

‎Too Close to the Sun: Growing Up in the Shadow of my Grandparents Franklin and Eleanor‎

‎PublicAffairs. Hardcover. 1586485547 . New. 2008-10-28. 1. PublicAffairs hardcover‎

Référence libraire : Z1586485547ZN ISBN : 1586485547 9781586485542

‎Roosevelt Theodore‎

‎Trailing the giant panda‎

‎Blue Ribbon Books. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Page loose. Slightly dampstained. Blue Ribbon Books unknown‎

Référence libraire : S13N-00511

‎Roosevelt Theodore and Kermit; Rungius Carl frontis.; Cutting Suydam Photos.‎

‎Trailing the Giant Panda‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. First Edition. Hardcover. 8 5/8" X 5 7/8". x 278pp plus fold-out map. Lacking dust jacket. Dark blue cloth over boards with panda device stamped in gilt to upper board and spine lettered in kind. Wear to binding with tear to cloth and board at left top corner of upper board tears to head and tail of spine corners split and turned in and scattered rubbing and soiling. Pencilled note to front free endpaper. Heavy foxing and toning to frontispiece and title page. Rear hinge tender. Binding remains sound. Occasional foxing and toning to pages throughout else unmarked. Tissue-guarded frontispiece of a painting by Carl Rungius and photographic plates by Suydam Cutting and Kermit Roosevelt throughout. An admittedly worn but solid first printing of this account of the Kelley-Roosevelts Asiatic Expedition by the sons of President Theodore Roosevelt. Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 5013

‎Roosevelt Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt‎

‎Trailing the Giant Panda kk AS NEW‎

‎Birmingham Alabama: Palladium Press 2000. Fascimilie Edition of the 1929 First Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo 21.875cm/8.75inches full gilt-embossed cordovan-coloured calf sans dust jacket -as issued- pp. 278 indexed. Illustrated with a frontipiecc from a painting by Carl Rungus and numerous b-w halftones by Suydam Cutting and Kermit Roosevelt. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. <br/><br/> Palladium Press hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 27388

‎Roosevelt Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt‎

‎Trailing the Giant Panda‎

‎Charles Scribner's Sons. Near Fine. 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover first printing no dustjacket 278 pages illustrated with a color frontis painting of a Giant Panda photographs and a large folding map at the back of the book this is a clean very well-preserved copy the gold title and illustration on the cover is bright the binding is tight and the contents are fine a couple of minor flaws only: a brief gift inscription on the first blank end-paper and a one-inch edge-tear along the bottom of one of the folds on the map . Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 037162

‎Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Kermit‎

‎Trailing The Giant Panda‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. Very clean in sound original navy cloth binding. VG no dust jacket. Color frontis illustration folding map in rear. Neat archival repair to 2" line of wear to cloth at top edge of rear cover thin edge of cover. . First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover Cloth. Very Good /No Dust Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 046936

‎ROOSEVELT Theodore. et al.‎

‎TRAILING THE GIANT PANDA. Hunting in China‎

‎New York 1929 Blue Ribbon. Green cloth 278p. frontis of the authors appendices co-author: Kermit Roosevelt index spine faded contents clean 14 x 21.5 cm. FIRST EDITION An exciting expedition with wonderful narrative including photos of pandas. Exploration of areas off the beaten track covers the peoples places & unusual sights observed by the expedition to Yunnan & Szechuan for the Field Museum. SCARCE . hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 84190204

‎ROOSEVELT Theodore and Kermit‎

‎Trailing the Giant Panda‎

‎New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1929. 278 pp ill. Frontis by Carl Rungius. Hunting in China by Roosevelt's two sons. Good description of the game and the country lying "south of the clouds." Fold out map. Hunting on the plains and throughout the mountains. Great reading. Incl. a hunt for the rare Pere David's deer as well. Tight scarce book with minimal markings. First Edition. Library Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Ex-Library. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown‎

Référence libraire : 005647

‎Roosevelt Theodore & Roosevelt Kermit‎

‎TRAILING THE GIANT PANDA‎

‎Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1929. Approx. 8 1/2" X 5 5/8" in heavy duty library buckram. EX-LIBRARY with all the usual paraphernalia. Numerous illustrations Plus nice fold-out map. One illustration just starting to work loose but still attached. 278pp. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : 001947

‎Roosevelt Wright‎

‎Transcultural Perspectives in the Human Services: Organizational Issues and Trends‎

‎Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd 1983-05. Hardcover. Good. Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd hardcover‎

Référence libraire : SONG0398047375 ISBN : 0398047375 9780398047375

‎ROOSEVELT MCINTIRE ROSS T.:‎

‎TWELVE YEARS WITH ROOSEVELT‎

‎Putnam and Co. London 1948. First British edition 244pp ex libris usual cancellation stamps pockets etc. excellent in good d/w rubbed sunned Putnam and Co. London 1948 unknown‎

Référence libraire : 14236

‎Roosevelt Brooks MAPSY CMHC A. PS‎

‎Twenty-one Days-Plus: A Journey To Me‎

‎AuthorHouse 2011-01-26. Paperback. Good. AuthorHouse paperback‎

Référence libraire : SONG1452035938 ISBN : 1452035938 9781452035932

‎Roosevelt Franklin D.‎

‎Two Signed Documents on Navy Department Letterhead c.1918‎

‎1918. Very Good . Two filled-in/typed documents on Navy Department letterhead signed with full name by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Both letters are addressed to Frank T. Middleton U.S.N. stationed on the U.S.S. Bradford concerning his appointment as an ensign. Both letters have two hole punches along top edge lightly folded light age toning. Very Good. Both signed in full. unknown‎

Référence libraire : C000022675

‎ROOSEVELT THEODORE‎

‎Typed Letter Signed TLS‎

‎White House Washington DC: np 1909. First edition. Fine. ROOSEVELT ON LINCOLN: IMPASSIONED LETTER BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT DEFINING THE QUALITIES HE ADMIRES IN A POLITICIAN USING HIS HERO ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS AN EXAMPLE. Written on White House stationery and dated January 14 1909 near the end of Roosevelt's second term as president the letter reads in full: My dear Mr. Landis: Yours is just about as nice a letter as I have received -�and I have received very many. Indeed I wish you were in Congress. I feel just as you do about the division of powers and the like. I do not care a rap whether a man is a President a Senator or a Congressman as such. What I care for is that he shall be a thoroly straight decent and fearless representative of the people. This country was with Lincoln when as a private citizen he fought as hard as he knew how two Presidents in succession; and this country was with Lincoln when for four years as President he fought the representatives of these same ex-Presidents when they were in opposition. The people were not with him because he was President in one case or because he was against the President in the other. They were with him because he was right both times. Sincerely yours signed Theodore Roosevelt --------- Roosevelt's hero was Abraham Lincoln and in many senses he used Lincoln as a guide to his presidency appreciating what he called his great "righteousness" see for example Roosevelt's speech to the NYC Republican Club February 13 1905. In this letter he explicitly praises Lincoln's dedication to causes he believed were right regardless of his political affiliation or status a trait Roosevelt tried hard to emulate himself. The recipient Frederick Landis was a Republican U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1903-1907. In 1912 Landis became an important figure in Roosevelt's Progressive Party - becoming chairman of its first State Convention in Indiana and serving as a delegate to the National Progressive Convention. Washington D.C. 1909. One 8.5x14 inch sheet folded to create four pages Roosevelt letter on two pages; two pages blank. Usual folds a touch of soiling generally fine condition with strong full Roosevelt signature. A RARE LETTER STRONGLY UNITING TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL LEADERS. np unknown‎

Référence libraire : 2342

‎ROOSEVELT Franklin Delano‎

‎TYPED LETTER SIGNED TLS‎

‎Washington DC 6 February 1942. Letter. Horizontal crease light wrinkling. Near Fine with a bold dark signature. On The White House letterhead but dated from Hyde Park to White House Librarian Mary Eben this thoughtful letter was written less than two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In full: "Dear Mary: I am up here where I have time to evaluate many things at their true worth and I just want you to know that I am thinking of your splendid work in behalf of the birthday fund. It represents a cause very near to my heart and that makes me so much the more appreciative of all you have done not only this year but in other years. For all this and for the loyal and efficient service you have given through the years I am more grateful than I can say. Always sincerely" and SIGNED "Franklin D. Roosevelt." <br/><br/> unknown‎

Référence libraire : 019600

‎Roosevelt Theodore‎

‎Typed Letter signed in his capacity as Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1898.‎

‎Letter concerning a clerk named Bandeecha. Good with some bleeding ink. A good autographed letter.‎

Référence libraire : 38

‎ROOSEVELT THEODORE‎

‎Typed Letter Signed TLS‎

‎New York: np 1913. First edition. nb. ROOSEVELT'S HISTORIC LETTER INVITING MAUD NATHAN TO LEAD THE SUFFRAGE COMMITTEE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. Women's suffrage was a key element of the Progressive Party's platform during Roosevelt's unsuccessful third-party presidential bid in 1912. In early 1913 despite his loss Roosevelt was not about to give up the fight and continued to aggressively campaign for Progressive causes and candidates throughout the country. In this letter from February 18 1913 Roosevelt re-affirms his commitment to women's suffrage by asking the influential reformer and suffragist Maud Nathan to head his "Suffrage Committee" for the Progressive party. Written on Roosevelt's "Outlook" stationery the letter reads in full: My dear Mrs. Nathan:&#8232;&#8232;The other night we had too much speaking at the Progressive dinner. We should have cut down by one-half the number of speakers and if possible have cut down the number of subjects touched upon. I had to refuse a request from Teddy Robinson to introduce another matter and it would have been quite impossible to introduce the question of those concerts.&#8232;&#8232; Now may I ask very warmly that you head the Suffrage Committee in the Progressive Service It is in my judgment essential that we have at the head of that committee a women who is known as much more than only an agitator for suffrage for women. She must be a convinced suffragist eager for the cause; but she must also be identified in the public mind with other movements-that is she must embody our principle that we are for suffrage because women are not merely entitled to it as a right but are entitled to it as a means of rendering more efficient service to the community as a whole. Now my dear Mrs. Nathan you embody this principle. I earnestly ask that you will accept the head of this committee. The chairmanship of this committee if accepted by you will make you one of four people who are directing the policy of the popular government department of the Progressive Party. I need hardly say to you that there are few if any positions of leadership in our party so important as this and I am tempted to say that there are none more important. &#8232;&#8232; Earnestly hoping you can accept even at the cost of considerable personal inconvenience I am &#8232;&#8232; Very sincerely yours&#8232; signedTheodore Roosevelt&#8232;&#8232;&#8232; Maud Nathan did indeed accept Roosevelt's offer and continued to be an aggressive champion for women's rights throughout her life. The timing of this letter - February 18 1913 - coincides with a critical moment in the movement for only a few weeks later - on March 3 1913 - thousands of suffragists marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to protest the inauguration of the new president Woodrow Wilson who was hostile to the idea of suffrage a march that would be instrumental for the future success of the movement. More on Maud Nathan: Maud Nathan "worked tirelessly for woman suffrage an issue that caused a rift in her relations with her family. Her brothers and sister opposed this reform while her cousin Benjamin Cardozo supported a constitutional amendment writing Nathan that his conscience would not allow him to vote against it. &#8232; "Frederick Nathan shared his wife's views on equal suffrage leading the Men's League for Equal Suffrage helping to organize the International Men's League at Stockholm and marching in the first suffrage parade. Newspaper accounts of conventions and demonstrations often mention his presence at his wife's side occasionally referring to him as Mr. Maud Nathan. Maud Nathan won the New York Herald Prize in 1913 for the best letter in favor of woman suffrage" Jewish Women's Archive. "Of all the American Jewish women who participated in the suffrage movement Maud Nathan was probably the best known at the turn of the century. She believed that Jewish women had a special civic responsibility that could best be demonstrated through social reform and political participation" Melissa R. Klapper Ballots Babies and Banners of Peace: American Jewish Women's Activism 1890-1940. Typed Letter Signed. Two 7.5x9.5 inch pages of Roosevelt's Outlook stationery. A few spots of soiling; usual folds; custom folder. With three handwritten emendations in Roosevelt's hand. An important letter during a critical time for the women's suffrage movement. np unknown‎

Référence libraire : 2149

‎Roosevelt Theodore‎

‎Typed Letter Signed‎

‎Fine condition with light horizontal fold. Theodore Roosevelt Typed Letter Signed. One page on Pullman Private Car stationery 5" x 7.8" Maryland; May 3 1912. A to J.C. Elliott of Jacksonville Illinois concerning his recent victories in the 1912 Republican presidential primaries: Former president Roosevelt wrote this letter to J.C. Elliott unidentified from his private Pullman car "Pilgrim" while on a two-day campaign swing through Maryland giving speeches in such places as Salisbury Havre de Grace and Baltimore. Although William Howard Taft was his handpicked successor to the presidency Roosevelt and his progressive allies had become disenchanted with Taft. Taft not only replaced many of Roosevelt's cabinet but also appeared to turn his back on the progressive agenda favored by the former president and his followers. Progressivism had risen in popularity in the state level and its adherents feared that Taft's policies were threatening its potential success at the national level. Roosevelt decided to join the race against Taft for the Republican nomination in 1912 entering the primary contests. As he noted in this letter offered here he was victorious in Pennsylvania Illinois Nebraska and Oregon. He ended up winning nine of the twelve primaries while Taft only won one. Yet when the Republicans held their national convention in Chicago from June 18 to June 22 Taft controlled the party machinery and received the nomination. Roosevelt was enraged and he and his supporters formed the Progressive Party popularly known as the "Bull Moose" party which chose the former president as its standard-bearer. The 1912 presidential election was won by Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson with 42% of the popular and 435 electoral votes in a four-way race which included Roosevelt and Taft. Roosevelt's popularity carried his Progressive Party into a second place finish winning more votes than Taft and the Republicans. Condition: The letter is in fine condition with a light horizontal fold in the middle. "May 3rd 1912. My dear Mr. Elliott: I never write sentiments-not even as admirable a sentiment as that of Abraham Lincoln's-but I agree with you as to the good sense of the voters at the primaries in Pennsylvania Illinois Nebraska and Oregon. Theodore Roosevelt. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 821

‎ROOSEVELT THEODORE‎

‎Typed Letter Signed‎

‎New York: np 1913. First edition. no binding. Very Good. PASSIONATE AND IMPORTANT LETTER BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT DEFINING THE NATURE OF THE PROGRESSIVE PARTY. The letter signed and typed by Roosevelt on letterhead of The Outlook magazine where Roosevelt was a contributor and associate editor and dated February 14 1913 is addressed to Progressive Party Committeeman Henry Wallace and reads in full: The Outlook 287 Fourth Avenue New York February 14 1913 My dear Mr. Wallace I have written a letter to Mr Watkins which I hope he will show you. Michigan is to elect a number of State officer and various county city and township officers this Spring. I hope we shall have a straight Progressive ticket put up in the State and in every city and township. I see in the press that the regulars of the Republican Party are endeavoring to absorb our representatives. Now the Progressive Party stands for principals not men. We have in our ranks very many ex-Democrats just as we have very many ex-Republicans. Our loyalty is due to both. &#8232;The present Republican Party is under the absolute control of the men who stole from the rank and file of the Republican Party last June their right to their own choice for President when Mr Taft was fraudulently nominated; and he and his supporters Messrs Barnes Penrose Guggenheim Lorimer and company have no claim to the support of any honest man. The men who follow and support these men can have nothing in common with our plans and ideas of government. &#8232;&#8232; The Progressive Party was formed on principles which we believe to be eternal which will live long after the men of this generation have been gathered to their fathers. We are the spiritual heirs of Abraham Lincoln. The feat accomplished last election was an extraordinary feat. It is necessary to continue with the organization and to make a clearcut fight against both the old party machines. I earnest hope that you will make as hard a fight in Michigan as you know how for a straight-out Progressive ticket. Incidentally let me say that the unjustifiable action of the returning officer of Michigan in stealing away from the legally elected candidate in the Twelfth District his office should be used for all that it is worth. This action of itself shows that the Republican leaders in Michigan are not to be trusted in any shape or way and that their protestations of good conduct are worse than worthless. &#8232;&#8232;Wherever the Republican Party has had the opportunity since election as in Maine and Massachusetts it has put in office reactionaries men of the old machine men committed to the system of bossism in politics and privilege in business. In Michigan in the Twelfth Congressional District these men showed that they are still committed to the principal corrected by hand to "practice" of utter political dishonesty and to the breaking down of the power of the people in favor of the bosses. We are fighting for great principles and we are also fighting for honest citizenship against dishonesty in citizenship. We have a right to hope that Michigan will come to the front on this issue. I would rather that you did not make this letter public but if you desire that any letter shall be made public if you will write to me I will answer it along substantially the lines of this letter. Faithfully yours signed Theodore Roosevelt Background: The date is February 14 1913. The past year - the election year of 1912 - had been quite eventful for Theodore Roosevelt and for the nation. Tensions were high within the Republican Party after President William Howard Taft presidential successor to Roosevelt and fellow Republican failed to carry out the anti-trust crusade that Roosevelt had begun in his own presidential term. Infighting and hostility during the 1912 Republican National Convention in Michigan led to a major schism in the Republican party; namely the creation of the "Progressive" or "Bull Moose" Party led by Theodore Roosevelt the Party's presidential candidate. Although Roosevelt lost to the Democrat Woodrow Wilson he received more votes than the Republican Taft becoming the only third-party candidate in U.S. history to finish higher than third in a presidential election; it was because of the splitting the Republican votes between Taft and Roosevelt that Democrat Woodrow Wilson was able to seize the victory. During this tumultuous political moment Roosevelt reveals in this letter to Progressive Party Committeeman Henry Wallace what he views to be the essence of the Party and outlines a plan for the future. Defining the Progressive Party: Roosevelt emphasizes that the Progressive Party stands for "principles not men" noting specifically that "The Progressive Party was formed on principles which we believe to be eternal which will live long after the men of this generation have been gathered to their fathers. We are the spiritual heirs of Abraham Lincoln." This a critical point for Roosevelt as he tries to elevate the Party beyond the personalities of the moment. It also allows him to underscore the corrupt nature of the Republican Party which as opposed to the Progressives according to Roosevelt has become a reflection of the self-interest of a handful of powerful men. Roosevelt then names some of these men to further illustrate their influence and to reinforce one of his major themes: that it is essential for the Progressives to work hard to restore power to the citizens. On the failures of the Michigan convention and his plan for the future of the Party: "Michigan is to elect a number of State officer and various county city and township officers this Spring. I hope we shall have a straight Progressive ticket put up in the State and in every city and township. I see in the press that the regulars of the Republican Party are endeavoring to absorb our representatives." One of the central tenants of the Progressive platform was a restructuring of American politics through the growth and development of localized parties to best foster direct links between government officials and public opinion. It was because of this focus on local governments that Progressives set their sights on securing seats within state county city and other municipal legislatures. After Roosevelt's loss in the 1912 national election Progressive success in smaller races became all the more important to the future of the Party. On the legacy of the Progressive Party: "We are fighting for great principles and we are also fighting for honest citizenship against dishonesty in citizenship." &#8232;Many have suggested that the rise of the Progressive party seemed a logical next step after the Gilded Age a period of American history in which laborers suffered at the hands of an elite and wealthy few. The Progressive Party Platform of 1912 of which Roosevelt was one of its many co-authors asserted that "In accordance with the needs of each generation the people must use their sovereign powers to establish and maintain equal opportunity and industrial justice to secure which this Government was founded and without which no republic can endure." &#8232;&#8232;While Roosevelt himself was unable to reach federal office under the Progressive Party name the reforms promoted by himself and his colleagues had lasting impacts on American society culture and economy. Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal" drew heavily on the Progressive Party's platform and many of the goals of the Progressive party--anti-trust regulation labor reform health care reforms and crackdowns on political corruption--were all ideas that developed well beyond Roosevelt's era influencing even the politics of today.&#8232;&#8232; New York: February 14 1913. �Written on three sheets of Roosevelt's letterhead "Office of Theodore Roosevelt" from the weekly magazine The Outlook which Roosevelt edited beginning in 1911. Housed in a custom presentation folder. Bearing one holographic correction changing "principle" to "practice". Almost invisible repairs to extreme margins of third leaf not near text. With a large strong Roosevelt signature. &#8232;&#8232;A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT LETTER CONCERNING ONE OF THE UNITED STATES' MOST INFLUENTIAL POLITICAL MOVEMENTS.&#8232;. np unknown‎

Référence libraire : 2110

‎ROOSEVELT ELEANOR‎

‎TYPED LETTER SIGNED‎

‎Washington D.C. 1943. n/a. Very Good. MAGNIFICENT WARTIME LETTER BY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ON ACHIEVING LONG-LASTING PEACE. This letter signed and typed by world-renowned social reformer Eleanor Roosevelt on White House letterhead and dated June 28 1943 World War II is addressed to Mr. Jerome Darrow soldier and army newspaper editor and reads in full: The White House Washington June 28 1943. Dear Mr. Darrow: I am very glad to send you a message for Talkie-Talkie your weekly Army newspaper. I understand only too well how hard it must be for our soldiers who stand guard in the jungle and outposts which we are now occupying. I want to say to them that on every hand I hear how wonderfully the men are accepting the strange new conditions under which they live and how cheerfully they live through discomfort and boredom. I only hope that beneath it all they realize they are part of the great fighting force which can only win because each unit has done its part. I lived through the last war and its aftermath and therefore I am very much concerned about the future which we build as a result of this war. I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper. It is something which has to be built year by year and the piece of paper is only the foundation. It is the justice and the change for a better future for the whole world which will make our peace foundation stronger and our change to bring a continuance of peace in the future better. To do this for the world we must do it at home also and I hope that the boys in the jungle are thinking and talking of the things they wish to see done to bring about future employment a high national income and a healthier and happier people in the future. Good luck to all of you and may you all come back and work for peace and feel that you are building something constructive when this victory is won. Very sincerely yours signed Eleanor Roosevelt The date is June 28 1943. Finally the tide of the war was starting to turn and Americans could see an end to this very bloody and very prolonged conflict. "The Battle of Midway June 3-6 1942 which was fought almost entirely with aircraft was a World War II naval battle in which the United States destroyed Japan's first-line carrier strength and most of its best trained naval pilots. Together with the Battle of Guadalcanal August 1942-November 1943 the Battle of Midway ended the threat of further Japanese invasion in the Pacific" Encylopedia Britannica . Yet as so meaningfully articulated by Eleanor Roosevelt in this letter the work--to better the post-war lives of Americans and to achieve a long-lasting and effective peace--would continue long after the fighting was over. On boosting soldier's morale and the return to normalcy "I only hope that beneath it all they realize they are part of the great fighting force which can only win because each unit has done its part . I hope that the boys in the jungle are thinking and talking of the things they wish to see done to bring about future employment a high national income and a healthier and happier people in the future." Perhaps one of Roosevelt's most enduring legacies of her wartime work was her commitment to improving the lives of soldiers both during and after World War II. General Halsey a high-ranking officer at Guadalcanal was awed by Roosevelt's character and compassion upon her visit to his base and hospitals: "When I say that she inspected those hospitals I don't mean that she shook hands with the chief medical officer glanced into a sun room and left. I mean that she went into every ward stopped at every bed and spoke to every patient: What was his name How did he feel Was there anything he needed Could she take a message home for him I marveled at her hardihood both physical and mental she walked for miles and she saw patients who were grievously and gruesomely wounded. But I marveled most at their expressions as she leaned over them. It was a sight I will never forget." True to her words the First Lady's efforts were not merely excluded to wartime work. Postwar Roosevelt continued to press for worker's rights helping to ban racial discrimination in many industries a crusade which culminated in the establishment of the Fair Employment Practices Commision. She was also instrumental in helping FDR to draft the G.I. Bill of Rights a piece of legislation which helped to secure many educational and vocational opportunities for WWII veterans. On postwar peace "I hope that we have learned that peace is not something which comes because we sign a piece of paper. It is something which has to be built year by year and the piece of paper is only the foundation. It is the justice and the change for a better future for the whole world which will make our peace foundation stronger and our change to bring a continuance of peace in the future better." Just as Roosevelt's work with soldiers extended well-beyond the end of World War II so did her humanitarian work. Even after her position as First Lady ended and official peace negotiation had long concluded Roosevelt continued to push for peace with the help of the United Nations. The sense of unfulfillment or more specifically of an unfulfilled peace is as clearly discernable in her writing after WWII as it is in the 1943 letter to Mr. Darrow. In the November 13 1946 edition of her daily syndicated newspaper column My Day she explains that "in the United Nations we have set up the machinery for creating a climate in the world in which peace can grow. However just as I have sensed for many years that Armistice Day did not have the meaning for the mass of our people that it should have if we were going to preserve peace so I feel now that this is not yet a day on which we dedicate ourselves to living and working along the lines which will make peace possible throughout the world." After FDR's death she remained at the nucleus of American and global politics for two more decades. "In 1946 President Harry S. Truman appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations the institution that she believed to be her late husband's most significant legacy to the world. She served as chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission and with her unique blend of grandmotherly tact and political realism helped hammer out the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights enacted by the General Assembly in 1948. She was now routinely hailed as "the First Lady of the World" American National Biography. In fact Roosevelt did write a piece for Jerome Darrow's one-man newspaper "Talkie-Talkie". An excerpt from Darrow's hometown newspaper reports that "the editor Jerome Darrow has perked things up by getting famous people to write their innermost thoughts straight to his G. I.'s. Groucho Marx Eleanor Roosevelt Charlie McCarthy Wendell Willkie Grantland Bice and Betty Grable have already taken advantage of this splendid opportunity" Ironwood Daily Globe. This document is noteworthy for its wartime date as well as its provocative content. A truly rare letter that so stirringly sums up Roosevelt's seemingly simple but actually complicated wish: peace. Washington D.C.: June 28 1943. Quarto one page on White House stationery. Signed in ink at the end of the letter. Usual folds light toning and a paperclip impression to the top edge otherwise in fine condition. An important piece of correspondence by the "First Lady of the World.". unknown‎

Référence libraire : 1964

‎Roosevelt Franklin D.‎

‎TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING PERSONNEL‎

‎Washington 1938. 1p. Folio. Old folds. Minor soiling. Near fine. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt writes to Harold L. Ickes Administrator of Public Works regarding a transfer of four employees to that agency with their former and future positions and salaries listed. The four men in question transferred from various departments and agencies were all to become Engineer Inspectors for the Public Works Administration. The Public Works Administration was a New Deal agency created in 1933 in an attempt to stimulate the economy with the construction of large-scale public infrastructure projects such as dams and bridges. It was closed in 1939 with the advent of World War II. unknown‎

Référence libraire : WRCAM43525

‎ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN DELANO‎

‎Typed Letter Signed‎

‎New York: np 1921. POIGNANT SIGNED LETTER FROM ROOSEVELT ON HIS RESOLVE NOT TO LET POLIO DEFEAT HIM. Very Good. POIGNANT SIGNED LETTER FROM ROOSEVELT ON HIS RESOLVE NOT TO LET POLIO DEFEAT HIM. Written just two months after being struck by polio at his summer home at Campbello Island Roosevelt writes on October 5 1921 to Henry Waring Chadeayne Orange County lawyer and politician: My dear Mr. Chadeayne: I appreciate very much the action of the Democratic County Committee of Orange County in directing you to convey their sympathy to me. I also appreciate exceedingly the personal good wishes which you added on your own account. The doctors tell me I am getting along splendidly and I hope to be back in the game before so very long. Very sincerely yours signed Franklin D. Roosevelt By October 5 1921 the outlook for Roosevelt looked bleak. He was already suffering from paralysis with little hope for improvement yet from the beginning Roosevelt fought with extraordinary resolve to overcome any limitations caused by his disease. And get "back in the game" he did becoming governor of New York in 1929 and of course U.S. President from 1933 to 1945. Though written on Roosevelt's Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland's personal letterhead it is almost certain that the letter was typed either at Presbyterian Hospital or else dictated by him and brought to him for signing for on October 5 1921 Roosevelt was still in the hospital he was released on October 28th. Note: This is one of the earliest Roosevelt letters referencing his disease that has ever been on the market. New York: October 5 1921. Quarto one page. Expected folds. Fine condition with original envelope postmarked October 6 1921. An inspiring letter from one of the United States's greatest figures. np unknown‎

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