Undiscovered country : a novel inspired by the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok
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Author
Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781681776798, 1681776790
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Chester Library - Adult Fiction
HISTORICAL FICTION McNEES
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HISTORICAL FICTION McNEES
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2018.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781681776798, 1681776790
Notes
Description
In 1932, New York City, top reporter Lorena "Hick" Hickok starts each day with a front page byline--and finishes it swigging bourbon and planning her next big scoop. But an assignment to cover FDR's campaign--and write a feature on his wife, Eleanor--turns Hick's hard-won independent life on its ear. Soon her work, and the secret entanglement with the new first lady, will take her from New York and Washington to Scotts Run, West Virginia, where impoverished coal miners' families wait in fear that the New Deal's promised hope will pass them by. Together, Eleanor and Hick imagine how the new town of Arthurdale could change the fate of hundreds of lives. But doing what is right does not come cheap, and Hick will pay in ways she never could have imagined. Undiscovered Country artfully mixes fact and fiction to portray the intense relationship between this unlikely pair. Inspired by the historical record, including the more than three thousand letters Hick and Eleanor exchanged over a span of thirty years, McNees tells this story through Hick's tough, tender, and unforgettable voice. A remarkable portrait of Depression-era America, this novel tells the poignant story of how a love that was forced to remain hidden nevertheless changed history.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical fiction.
Coal miners -- West Virginia -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Hickok, Lorena A. -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Fiction.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932 -- Fiction.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Correspondence -- Fiction.
Reporters and reporting -- Women -- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Correspondence -- Fiction.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Fiction.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates -- Fiction.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
Coal miners -- West Virginia -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Hickok, Lorena A. -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Fiction.
Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932 -- Fiction.
Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Correspondence -- Fiction.
Reporters and reporting -- Women -- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Correspondence -- Fiction.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Fiction.
Roosevelt, Eleanor, -- 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates -- Fiction.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
McNees, K. O. (2018). Undiscovered country: a novel inspired by the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok (First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.). Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McNees, Kelly O'Connor. 2018. Undiscovered Country: A Novel Inspired By the Lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok. Pegasus Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)McNees, Kelly O'Connor. Undiscovered Country: A Novel Inspired By the Lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok Pegasus Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)McNees, Kelly O'Connor. Undiscovered Country: A Novel Inspired By the Lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok First Pegasus Books hardcover edition., Pegasus Books, 2018.
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