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2016 selection · Nonfiction
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years And After, 1939-1962
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years And After, 1939-1962 by Blanche Wiesen Cook appears in NPR’s 2016 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around biography & memoir, for history lovers, nonfiction, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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You want an NPR-recommended biography & memoir, for history lovers, nonfiction title from 2016.
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