Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth (Hardcover) by Marc Peyser, Timothy Dwyer

from michigantrumpet

Eleanor Roosevelt's father and Alice Roosevelt Longworth's father were brothers. These first cousins were born months apart. Alice's father Theodore (of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts), was President of the US. Eleanor's husband Franklin (of the Hyde Park Roosevelts) followed him to the White House so...

from Jcambridge

It's an OK read, but keeping track of family members in all the various branches of the tree is difficult at times.

from lisa.schureman

"Alice collected vices: smoking, gambling, gossiping, sleeping past noon: she was like a Girl Scout in reverse, gathering demerit badges." A wonderful read and a very interesting look inside the Hyde Park and Oyster Bay Roosevelt families represented by Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice(Princess Alice)...

from bimber

even non-history fans will love this book

from yukon92

Very detailed look at the lives of the Roosevelt ladies. It was quite a long book with sometimes too much detail about every action and reaction. I made it through, but I wouldn't read it again!