Add this copy of Day Before Yesterday; the Reminiscences of Mrs. to cart. $57.00, fair condition, Sold by Ground Zero Books, Ltd. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Silver Spring, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1959 by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Edition:
First Edition [stated], presumed first printing
Publisher:
Doubleday & Company, Inc
Published:
1959
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
15467372152
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Seller's Description:
Fair in poor jacket. 478, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. Rear board weak Small stains inside boards and flyleaves. Small damp stains inside lower corner pages 440 through rear board. Ink notation inside front flyleaf, Xerox copy of letter from Mrs. Roosevelt to Virginia Biddle (previous owner of this book) dated 28 February 1957, DJ quite worn and pieces missing, tears to DJ (some repaired with tape). The author was the widow of President Theodore Roosevelt's eldest son. She discusses the Teapot Dome scandal, her husband's unconventional whistle-stop campaign against Al Smith for the governorship of New York, their adventures in Asia with the Field Museum expeditions, and the Roosevelt clan at Sagamore Hill. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Puerto Rico, Governor General of the Philippines, a founder of the American Legion, and a Brigadier General during World War II. The book is illustrated 32 pages of photographs, including many never-before-published. Throughout her life Eleanor not only supported her husband's career but also proved a highly organized, socially conscious person in her own right. From July 1917 to December 1918, she was heavily involved in YMCA canteen work in France and was described by her fellow canteen worker Marian Baldwin as "working like a horse." She helped improve the conditions of Puerto Rican women while her husband was governor of the island (1929-31); she organized the first American women's committee for China Relief (1937); and she directed the American Red Cross Club in England (1942). Eleanor received citations and commendations from, among others, the French government, Gen. John J. Pershing, and the U.S. War Department. She also wrote an account of her life in her memoirs, Day Before Yesterday. Eleanor was also a keen photographer. In 1986, her daughter Grace presented 25 of her albums to the Library of Congress together with some 5, 000 of her own photographs, including images of presidents and international dignitaries.
