Virgin Islands: A Dependency of United States : Essays 1992-1997This is the first new Gore Vidal collection since Armageddon and A View From the Diners Club. Among the subjects covered are Mark Twain, John Updike, Bill Clinton, Harry Truman and George Washington. ' |
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Page 119
... Roosevelt ( of Long Island ) . They had also intermarried not only with the Beekmans but with the Delanos . In fact , for Franklin Delano Roosevelt , his Beekman heritage was a matter of great pride , rather like an Englishman with a ...
... Roosevelt ( of Long Island ) . They had also intermarried not only with the Beekmans but with the Delanos . In fact , for Franklin Delano Roosevelt , his Beekman heritage was a matter of great pride , rather like an Englishman with a ...
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... Roosevelt's Hyde Park cottage ( the ladies did not really get on ) ; I knew that she was the President's cousin ... Roosevelt that we are ever apt to get . Along with his scholarship and wit , the last rather rare in American biography ...
... Roosevelt's Hyde Park cottage ( the ladies did not really get on ) ; I knew that she was the President's cousin ... Roosevelt that we are ever apt to get . Along with his scholarship and wit , the last rather rare in American biography ...
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... Roosevelt marriage effectively ended when Eleanor discovered that he was having an affair with her social secretary , Lucy Mercer . Eleanor's ultimatum was swift ; give up Lucy or Eleanor will not only divorce Franklin but allow Lucy ...
... Roosevelt marriage effectively ended when Eleanor discovered that he was having an affair with her social secretary , Lucy Mercer . Eleanor's ultimatum was swift ; give up Lucy or Eleanor will not only divorce Franklin but allow Lucy ...
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