Atlantic Monthly, $37.50.. The first biography to combine the lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt furnishes a fascinating portrait of the controversial lives of three courageous American leaders who changed the course of twentieth-century history. The Roosevelts: An Intimate History chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics. Meagher, CNN.com “[Burns and Dunn] eloquently and insightfully examine the legacy of America’s most powerful and … Bob Tribble/Owner, Houston Publications, Inc. Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt are three of the most consequential people in all of American history. 30,000 first printing. Start studying Theodore Roosevelt's 3 C's. THE THREE ROOSEVELTS: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. They also have a connection to each other, which people rarely explore. The Three Roosevelts offers valuable insights into the way these remarkable people wove their view of a better world into the fabric of America.” –L.D. "In The Three Roosevelts, author James MacGregor Burns and historian Susan Dunn illuminate the intertwining lives of these leaders, who emerged from the closed society of New York's wealthy Knickerbocker elite to become America's most powerful advocates for social and economic justice. The three Roosevelt connections. The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who emerged from the closed society of New York's Knickerbocker elite to become the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century. Writing an adequate biography of any one of the "three Roosevelts"--- they were Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor, in case anyone has any doubts --- would be a difficult enough task; but, like a ballplayer trying to hit for the cycle or a racehorse going for the triple crown, authors James MacGregor Burns and … Federal organizations such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) gave government funded jobs to people as a way to provide them with a … The contrast always surprises. Britain, which has so much history, neglects and forgets it. The Three Roosevelts James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn Atlantic Books £25, pp544. By James MacGregor Burns and Susan Dunn. But relief, recovery, and reform as implemented in former President Roosevelt’s “New Deal Programs”. The Three Roosevelts is the extraordinary political biography of the intertwining lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, who emerged from the closed society of New York’s Knickerbocker elite to become the most prominent American political family of the twentieth century. The Three R's of the New Deal were: Relief Recovery Reforms Relief was meant at to provide temporary help to the massive number of Americans who were unemployed during the Great Depression. Almost everyone in the world knows the three “R’s”- and no, not reduce, reuse, and recycle. This is a complicated family drama. Reprint.