No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

doris kearns goodwin

Winner of the Pulitzer for History, No Ordinary Time is a chronicle of one of the most vibrant & revolutionary periods in US history. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin weaves together a number of story lines—the Roosevelt’s marriage & partnership, Eleanor’s life as First Lady, & FDR’s White House & its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin melds these into an intimate portrait of Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt & of the time during which a new, modern America was born.

Genres historybiographynonfictionamerican historypresidentspoliticsworld war iibiography memoiraudiobookwar

633 pages, Paperback

First published September 1,1994

Literary awards

pulitzer prize, ambassador book award,

This edition

Format: 633 pages, Paperback
Published: October 1, 1995 by Simon \u0026 Schuster
ISBN: 9780684804484
ASIN: 0684804484
Language: English

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was the First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and became an advocate for civil rights. After her husba...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. The only American pre...

About the author

doris kearns goodwin

Doris Helen Kearns Goodwin is an American biographer, historian, former sports journalist, and political commentator. She has written biographies of numerous U.S. presidents. Goodwin's book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995. Goodwin produced the American television miniseries Washington. She was also executive producer of "Abraham Lincoln", a 2022 docudrama on the History Channel. This latter series was based on Goodwin's Leadership in Turbulent Times.