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03570aam a2200601 i 4500 001 28720B6ACB6811E79D8F320897128E48 003 SILO 005 20171117012256 008 141213t20142013nyuab b 001 0deng d 020 $a 0143125621 020 $a 9780143125624 040 $a KHPB566 $b eng $e rda $c ICrlF $d ICrlF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E806 $b .F85 2014 082 04 $a 973.917/092 $2 23 100 1 $a Fullilove, Michael, $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Rendezvous with destiny : $b how Franklin D. Roosevelt and five extraordinary men took America into the war and into the world / $c Michael Fullilove. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2014. 300 $a 468 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 22 cm 510 3 $a Booklist, June 2013 510 3 $a Choice, December 2013 510 3 $a Kirkus Review, May 2013 520 $a Recounts the story of how in the days between Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 and Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt sent five remarkable men on missions in Europe to pursue actions that were crucial to the course of the Second World War. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-454) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: September 1939 -- "A one-man American mission ofcuriosity" : Sumner Welles in Rome, Berlin, Paris and London, February-March 1940 -- "A sensible Colonel House" : Bill Donovan in London, July-August 1940 -- "History's foremost marriage broker" : Harry Hopkins in London, January-February 1941 -- "Sail on, oh ship of state!" : Wendell Willkie in London and Dublin, January-February 1941 -- "To keep the British Isles afloat" : Averell Harriman in London, Africa and the Middle East, March-July 1941 -- "Mister Hurry Upkins" : Harry Hopkins in London, July 1941 -- "Uncle Joe's favorite" : Harry Hopkins in Moscow and at Placentia Bay, July-August 1941 -- Epilogue : December 1941. 521 2 $a Adult $b Follett Library Resources 600 10 $a Roosevelt, Franklin D. $q (Franklin Delano), $d 1882-1945. 600 10 $a Roosevelt, Franklin D. $q (Franklin Delano), $d 1882-1945 $x Friends and associates. 600 10 $a Welles, Sumner, $d 1892-1961. 600 10 $a Donovan, William J. $q (William Joseph), $d 1883-1959. 600 10 $a Hopkins, Harry L. $q (Harry Lloyd), $d 1890-1946. 600 10 $a Willkie, Wendell L. $q (Wendell Lewis), $d 1892-1944. 600 10 $a Harriman, W. Averell $q (William Averell), $d 1891-1986 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1933-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Diplomatic history. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z United States. 600 17 $a Roosevelt, Franklin D. $q (Franklin Delano), $d 1882-1945. $2 sears 600 17 $a Roosevelt, Franklin D. $q (Franklin Delano), $d 1882-1945 $x Friends and associates. $2 sears 600 17 $a Welles, Sumner, $d 1892-1961. $2 sears 600 17 $a Donovan, William J. $q (William Joseph), $d 1883-1959. $2 sears 600 17 $a Hopkins, Harry L. $q (Harry Lloyd), $d 1890-1946. $2 sears 600 17 $a Willkie, Wendell L. $q (Wendell Lewis), $d 1892-1944. $2 sears 600 17 $a Harriman, W. Averell $q (William Averell), $d 1891-1986. $2 sears 651 7 $a United States $x Foreign relations. $2 sears 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Diplomatic history. $2 sears 650 7 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z United States. $2 sears 521 2 $a Adult 510 0 $a Booklist 510 0 $a Choice 510 0 $a Kirkus Review 941 $a 1 952 $l KHPB566 $d 20230126011321.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=28720B6ACB6811E79D8F320897128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search