Undiscovered country : a novel inspired by the lives of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok / Kelly O'Connor McNees.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, [2018]Edition: First Pegasus Books hardcover editionDescription: 284 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781681776798
- 1681776790
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Fiction
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Correspondence -- Fiction
- Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 -- Friends and associates -- Fiction
- Hickok, Lorena A. -- Fiction
- Reporters and reporting -- Women -- Fiction
- Coal miners -- West Virginia -- Fiction
- New Deal, 1933-1939 -- Fiction
- Presidents' spouses -- United States -- Correspondence -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1932 -- Fiction
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 -- Fiction
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An extraordinary novel portraying one of the greatest untold love stories in American politics.
In October 1932, at the end of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first presidential campaign, Eleanor Roosevelt took an overnight train from Potsdam to Albany with Lorena "Hick" Hickok, one of the top Associated Press reporters in the country. That train ride marked the beginning of an extraordinary relationship that would last the rest of Hick and Eleanor's lives.
In Undiscovered Country , Kelly O'Connor McNees adroitly mixes fact and fiction to present an intimate portrait of the love that bloomed between these two women, hidden in plain sight. Using historical records (including the more than three thousand letters the pair exchanged over a span of thirty years), McNees portrays their relationship from their introduction as reporter and subject through their intense first meetings, their burgeoning affair, and the conflicts that arose as journalist Hick's ethics were hopelessly compromised by her affection for the woman she was supposed to be covering.
A remarkable portrait of Depression-era America (including Hick and Eleanor's work on the founding of Arthurdale, the federal housing project in West Virginia for homeless ex-miners), Undiscovered Country is an extraordinary portrayal of one of the greatest unknown love stories in American politics.
In 1932, New York City, top reporter Lorena "Hick" Hickok starts each day with a front page byline--and finishes it swigging bourbon and planning her next big scoop. But an assignment to cover FDR's campaign--and write a feature on his wife, Eleanor--turns Hick's hard-won independent life on its ear. Soon her work, and the secret entanglement with the new first lady, will take her from New York and Washington to Scotts Run, West Virginia, where impoverished coal miners' families wait in fear that the New Deal's promised hope will pass them by. Together, Eleanor and Hick imagine how the new town of Arthurdale could change the fate of hundreds of lives. But doing what is right does not come cheap, and Hick will pay in ways she never could have imagined. Undiscovered Country artfully mixes fact and fiction to portray the intense relationship between this unlikely pair. Inspired by the historical record, including the more than three thousand letters Hick and Eleanor exchanged over a span of thirty years, McNees tells this story through Hick's tough, tender, and unforgettable voice. A remarkable portrait of Depression-era America, this novel tells the poignant story of how a love that was forced to remain hidden nevertheless changed history.