ISBN: 9781419733536
Editorial: Harry N. Abrams
Autor: Meyer, Selina
Año de edición: 2019
N° Paginas: 224
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Críticas "...intriguing..."--Leon West, Author of Treason, Terror, Horror, and Pity: The Selina Meyer Presidency"Catherine Meyer is a private individual who has spent her life establishing a positive reputation. Nevertheless, we have been reliably informed that a new book by her mother, former president Selina Meyer, contains untrue and defamatory statements about Ms. Meyer. Under the laws of New York State, it is unlawful for an individual to make deliberate statements, either verbally or in print, that will harm a person's reputation without factual evidence. This will serve as a pre-suit letter demanding that you provide us written assurance with 30 days that you will cease and desist from making any such statements either in print or in person."--Messers. Blair, Underwood, and Berg, Attorneys for Catherine Meyer"Forthright. Honest. And very, very wise but a missed opportunity to tell the story of her struggles with mental health and her stay in the lunatic asylum."--Finnish Prime Minister Minna Häkkinen"I heard she was writing a book."--Governor Danny Chung"I was pleasantly surprised the first time I read Selina Meyer's new book and I am guessing so was she."--Senator Tom James"Just tell her I'm traveling and don't have time to read it."--President Stuart Hughes"Oh, great."--Vice-president Andrew Doyle"Well, here it is. Selina Meyer's book."--President Laura Montez In this brave, beautiful, revealing, and deeply personal memoir, Selina Meyer, one of our most beloved former presidents, tells her own extraordinary story.Born and raised deep in the American heartland of God-fearing suburban Maryland, young Selina Eaton learned to love her country and her fellow man from her parents, Catherine, a sportswoman, dog lover, and philanthropist, and Gordon, or "Daddy" as she always called him, a businessman and entrepreneur. From an early age, Selina, an active, curious, happy-go-lucky child, showed an uncanny ability to relate to others and to solve their real-world problems with real-world solutions. In this she was inspired by her idol: feminist, humanitarian, stateswoman, and first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt.Born and raised in Manhattan toward the close of the nineteenth century, young Eleanor Roosevelt lost her socially prominent parents, Anna, a famous beauty and horsewoman, and Elliott, a charming and alcoholic horseman, while still a child. She married her fifth cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, in 1905 and nursed him through a life-threatening bout of polio. When he was elected president in 1932, Eleanor broke with centuries of tradition that circumscribed an extremely limited and non-controversial role for the first lady and became an outspoken advocate for the less fortunate. After her husband's death she devoted herself to worthy causes for the remainder of her life and is still regarded as one of the most beloved, respected, and admired women in the world.Roosevelt maintained a lively relationship with many prominent figures of her time, including Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Albert Schweitzer, and probably Pablo Casals. She inspired countless women to break out of the established roles for women in society, among them the pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart, with whom she flew several times.Born in Atchison, Kansas, a decade after Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia was raised in a family of lawyers and judges who encouraged her adventurous spirit and that of her siblings and cousins. A tomboy from an early age, Amelia endured a peripatetic childhood as her father, Samuel, also an alcoholic like Eleanor's dad, sought steady employment accompanied by her mother, Amy. An early attempt at a nursing career was curtailed when Amelia herself became ill during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918. After discovering her love for flying, Amelia attempted steadily more daring feats, including a transatlantic flight one year after Lindbergh's and a solo transatlantic flight in 1932. Dubbed the "Queen of the A
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Meyer, Selina
- Editorial: Harry N. Abrams
- N° Paginas: 224
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
