Prologue: setting the stage; America's dynamic duo and their remote outposts of destiny -- Part I. Reunion recap -- Roots, rivalry, renewal -- The reunion roster -- Part II. Eleanor's place -- The common denominator -- The Val-Kill cousins -- Life lessons -- Part III. Reunion realizations -- Must be the genes -- Family preservationists -- Generational genetics -- Generational go-between -- Part IV. Descendant dictates -- In the line of fire -- Too close -- Like father, like son? -- External family -- Unfulfilled offspring -- Stretching limits -- Part V. Extended family -- True heirs -- Embracing influence -- Secretly significant -- The unknown brother -- Overcoming class -- French born -- Intriguing in-laws -- Northwest branch -- Writer's roots -- Inclusive legacy -- Epilogue: roosevelt reminders.
Summary:
"Few families have influenced America like the Roosevelts--two presidents from different parties, including our longest-serving chief executive, and the "First Lady of the World." This book tells the story of "the Roosevelts" and "those other Roosevelts"--a family of individuals always striving to measure up but united by an illustrious past"-- Provided by publisher.
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