![]() ![]() ![]() From the book’s opening pages describing Roosevelt’s methods for falling asleep, it’s almost as if you’re there. Anything close to a traditional book review would in this case be unsuitable - No Ordinary Time calls for no ordinary report.įirst, the comprehensiveness: as others have remarked, one feels as if one is actually living in the White House along with Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Missy, Fala (Roosevelt’s dog), and all the other interesting characters who come along, including Winston Churchill and various other dignitaries. ![]() But what makes No Ordinary Time by Doris Kearns Goodwin one of the books that you should read is that it is historically comprehensive while entertaining.īecause of two of those points (namely, you know the plot already and the book is so comprehensive), I’ll cover more the "feel" of the book, and also pick out some interesting points along the way. You’ve probably heard the story before: In the early 1940's, the German’s invade almost everyone, the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, America gets into what is by then World War II, and guided by Franklin Roosevelt, America helps win the war, although not before FDR dies. Review Copyright © 1998 Garret Wilson - July 2, 1998, 5:30pm ☰ Review: No Ordinary Time Title No Ordinary Time Author Doris Kearns Goodwin Publisher Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, NY 1994 ISBN 8-4 ![]()
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