Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White House Princess to Washington Power Broker
by Stacy A Cordery (9780143114277)

An entertaining and eye-opening biography of Americaas most memorable first daughter
From the moment Teddy Rooseveltas outrageous and charming teenage daughter strode into the White Houseacarrying a snake and dangling a cigaretteathe outspoken Alice began to put her imprint on the whole of the twentieth-century 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 Corderyas unprecedented access to personal papers and family archives enlivens and informs this richly entertaining portrait of Americaas most memorable first daughter and one of the most influential women in twentieth-century American society and politics.

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