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An entertaining and eyeopening biography of Americas most memorable first daughter

From the moment Teddy Roosevelts outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White Housecarrying a snake and dangling a cigarettethe outspoken Alice began to put her imprint on the whole of the twentiethcentury political scene Her barbed tongue was as infamous as her scandalous personal life but whenever she talked powerful people listened and she reigned for eight decades as the social doyenne in a town where socializing was state business Historian Stacy Corderys unprecedented access to personal papers and family archives enlivens and informs this richly entertaining portrait of Americas most memorable first daughter and one of the most influential women in twentiethcentury American society and politics

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains the Roosevelt family tree from the book Please feel free to refer to it as you listen along The names in boldface are mentioned in Alice