To my colleagues Mike Wallace and Allida Black, thank you for giving validity to this work in your respective and important contributions. And to Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet, my sincerest gratitude for a most special contribution. My pride lives deep within my Dutch heritage.
As with everything worthwhile, it all starts with an idea, a dream, and Grandmère was certainly only that for a very long time. Finally, I spoke about it to a close friend, Kathy Eldon, herself a most talented and perceptive lady. Kathy in turn introduced me to the people who really make something like this happen, Philip Dunn and his entire Book Laboratory team, perhaps some of the most talented people I’ve ever known. Beginning with our first meeting at Kathy’s apartment there was an obvious connection, and from their introduction of the concept at the Frankfurt Book Fair and throughout the entire process of writing, editing, design, layout… well, absolutely everything, they were there. Lisa Zuniga, our copyeditor, must have wondered throughout whether I could pull two sentences together, but they indeed came together because of her talents. Magda and Malcolm Godwin of MoonRunner Design in England have made the imaginative layout and incorporation of photographs into the text not only an effective extension of the written word, but have given Grandmère the impact of artistic expression that I never could have conceived. Thank you Philip, and your entire team, for believing.
And last but certainly not least, my co-author Manuela Dunn Mascetti. If ever there was a single force behind making Grandmère a success it is this most talented person. When two people work collaboratively almost every day for three years, they either become close friends or something else altogether. It became apparent from the very initial drafts that I, like most, had difficulty baring my innermost emotions about the one person who had such tremendous impact on my life, and putting those feelings in words for others to share. Gently prodding, delicately directing, scolding on those occasions when necessary (and deserved), but always with understanding, Manuela provided the guiding light so needed to bring Grandmère to reality. She has led me on a journey of discovery, that emotions are meant to be shared, as are the memories that heretofore have existed only in my private domain. Above all else, Manuela has been a teacher, the signpost enabling me to express in writing experiences and thoughts I hope will be pleasing to all who read this work. It is said that practically every writer at some stage or another “hits the wall” when putting words on paper. Most certainly I encountered many such walls, but always Manuela was there to lead the way over, or around. Thank you, Manuela. Without you Grandmère would still be buried deep within me, a mere dream.
I know there must be others I have forgotten to mention, but to you I offer my deepest appreciation as well.
Text Acknowledgments
GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS MADE TO ALLIDA M. Black for permission to print her Foreword and to Mike Wallace for permission to reprint part of his interview with Eleanor Roosevelt in the book’s Introduction. A most grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of The Netherlands’ special contribution.
Grateful acknowledgment is also made for permission to reprint passages from the Oral Histories, housed at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, in Hyde Park, New York, reproduced by kind permission of Chandler Roosevelt Lindsley and Elliott Roosevelt, Jr. Quoted articles and writings by Eleanor Roosevelt, part of the Eleanor Roosevelt Estate, have been reprinted here by kind permission of the Estate’s Literary Executor, Nancy Roosevelt Ireland.
Passages from interviews conducted by Joseph P. Lash with Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and Anna Roosevelt Halstead, have been reprinted here by kind permission from Trude W. Lash.
Quoted passages from Mrs. L., copyright © 1981 by Michael Teague, are reprinted here by kind permission of Doubleday & Co., New York.
And finally, a special acknowledgment to the staff at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York, who have been so unfailingly helpful in guiding us through the thousands of documents in their possession and for their most kind assistance.
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CONTENTS
WELCOME
DEDICATION
FOREWORD BY ALLIDA M. BLACK, PH.D.
INTRODUCTION BY MIKE WALLACE
PREFACE
WITH A SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION BY HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MARGRIET OF THE NETHERLANDS
PART ONE
GRANDMÈRE
PART TWO
BORN IN ANOTHER ERA
PART THREE
FRANKLIN
A VERY CLOSE PARTNERSHIP
PART FOUR
IT’S UP TO THE WOMEN
FIRST LADY
THE WAR YEARS
PART FIVE
STRENGTH, COURAGE, CONFIDENCE
A LEGACY IN HER OWN RIGHT
SO MANY THINGS TO DO!
CAMPOBELLO
EPILOGUE
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PHOTO CREDITS
NEWSLETTERS
COPYRIGHT
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by David B. Roosevelt
Foreword Copyright © 2002 by Allida M. Black, Ph.D.
Introduction Copyright © 2002 by Mike Wallace
Special contribution Copyright © 2002 by Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of The Netherlands
Produced by Book Laboratory Inc., Bolinas, CA
Designed by Moonrunner Design Ltd
Picture research by Melissa Shaw
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