The estate as well. The roosevelts originally had a different estate. A little bit down the road from this property. And the house burnt to the ground in 1865. And then fdr father mr. James roosevelt purchased this property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdr parents were james and sarah dell a more roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca holland. And she passed away in 1876. And four years later in 1880, mr. James married miss sarah. He was 52 years old. And she was only 26. So she was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Roosevelt. When mr. James roosevelt, his father bought this father in 1867, it was a 17 room farm house, about 110 acres of land, several out buildings which he paid the sum of 40,000 which today is price of expensive car but back in those days a nice amount of money. The house was endarged by fdr in 1915, because by then he had a growing family. And he had decided as early as 1907, 25
This was home. This was where his heart always was. He once said to his friends and neighbors, my heart has always been here. It always will be. And it was. This is where he always drew strength and happiness throughout his entire life. Franklin dell nor roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, was born and raised in this house, and he was buried right here on the estate as well. The roosevelts originally had a different estate, a little bit down the road from this property. And the house burnt to the ground in 1865. And then fdrs father, mr. James roosevelt, purchased this property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdrs parents were james and sarah delanor roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca howland. She passed away in 1876. Four years later in 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. He was 52 years old and she was only 26. She was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr
This was home. This was where his heart always was. He once said to his friends and neighbors, my heart has always been here. It always will be. And it was. This is where he always drew strength and happiness throughout his entire life. Franklin dell nor roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, was born and raised in this house, and he was buried right here on the estate as well. The roosevelts originally had a different estate, a little bit down the road from this property. And the house burnt to the ground in 1865. And then fdrs father, mr. James roosevelt, purchased this property to be their new home in the Hudson Valley. Fdrs parents were james and sarah delanor roosevelt. And mr. James roosevelt had a wife before sarah. Her name was rebecca howland. She passed away in 1876. Four years later in 1880, mr. James married sarah delano. He was 52 years old and she was only 26. She was half his age. And james and sarah only had the one child, Franklin Delano roosevelt. When mr
Nursing novel go set a watchman. It all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. Of next military historian alan axelrod recounts the American Bombing Mission Operation aphrodite project anvil intended to stop germanys missile attacks on london. Good evening. I am tony clark from the carter library. I am really glad you guys are here. We have a Wonderful Program tonight. As always i encourage you to pick up one of these sheets from the blue skirted table, it talks about other authors we have coming. This summer harper lee, they are releasing the book, the second book that harper lee wrote and i wish we had harper lee here, we do have the author, she moved in next door to harper lee and she writes about harper lee and getting to know her. The book is called the mockingbird next door. Mark your calendar july 15th, president carter will be signing just signing, his new book, a full life here. Later in the year ahead salman rushdie, diana nicad who swam from cuba to florida. We have a wonderful
So if the Victory Book Campaign collected ted million in 1942 a very small portion would be paperback and that was on the publishers they did not want to do print paperbacks that accosted river between 2. 50 and 3. 50 so they to make of better profit with the card books of day did not want to print a hard book even the bookstore could make more of a profit off of hard cover but they realized this is a special circumstance we need to do our part for the men who are fighting. So they decided they poured pretty special book just for the troops just for those overseas so they would sell the books really to read army and navy and they could distribute them around the world. Sova had to look like a book that never existed before so they got rid of the hardcover and also reduced the size of books and the larger size paperback was four and a half by six and half. They could not print them this tiny as most are eight by 10 inches the publishers had to figure out how to print them and turn to a