Author : Aurolyn Melba Hamm
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439612862
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Book Synopsis Elbert County by : Aurolyn Melba Hamm
Download or read book Elbert County written by Aurolyn Melba Hamm and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governor's wife, president's wife, United Nations delegate, teacher, political activist, author, newspaper columnist, business owner, traveler, and mother-Eleanor Roosevelt was truly "First Lady of the World." With her very busy life, she sought peace, solitude, and renewal. She found all three at Valkill, her small stone cottage on the Roosevelt Estate in Hyde Park, east of the Hudson River. A National Historic Site, Valkill is operated by the National Park Service and is the only site in the country dedicated to the preservation of the memory of a presidential first lady.With detailed description and some two hundred stunning images-many published here for the first time-Eleanor Roosevelt's Valkill depicts the events and times of the first lady at Valkill, the place where she felt most at home. In addition, the book traces the development of the site and reveals the depression-era business that was located there, a furniture factory and metal forge known as Valkill Industries.