كتاب
FDR's funeral train: a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a presidency in the balance
| العنوان: | FDR's funeral train: a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a presidency in the balance |
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| المؤلفون: | Klara, Robert. |
| بيانات النشر: | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. 1st ed. |
| سنة النشر: | 2010 |
| وصف مادي: | xx, 244 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- United States -- History -- 20th century., Railroad travel -- United States -- History -- 20th century., Spies -- Soviet Union -- Biography., World War, 1939-1945 -- United States. |
| Subject Person: | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Death and burial., Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945. |
| الوصف: | "In April 1945, the funeral train carrying the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked on a three-day, thousand-mile odyssey through nine states before reaching the president's home where he was buried. It passed with darkened windows; few gave thought to what might be happening aboard. A closer look inside the train, however, would reveal a Soviet spy about to leak a state secret, a newly widowed Eleanor Roosevelt, who just found out that her husband's mistress was in the room when he died, and the entire family of incoming President Harry S. Truman. The thrilling story of what took place behind the Pullman shades, where women whispered and men tossed back highballs, has never been told. On the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of FDR's death, Klara chronicles the action-packed three-day train ride during which, among other things, Truman hammered out the policies that would galvanize a country in mourning and win the Second World War"--Provided by publisher. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Pine Mountain -- "Run slow, run silent" -- The fish room -- The main line -- Twelve hours -- The train of secrets -- Car No. 3 -- "Where the sundial stands" -- Homeward -- "We do not fear the future." |
| Original Identifier: | ocn422758497 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-0-230-61914-2 0-230-61914-2 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical reference (p. [205]-238) and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012257680.2 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9780230619142 0230619142 |
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