Fdr's Funeral Train - 9780230108035

In April 1945, the funeral train carrying the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked on a three-day, thousand-mile odyssey through nine states before reaching the president's home where he was buried. Many who would recall the journey later would agree it was a foolhardy idea to start with--putting every important elected figure in Washington on a single train during the biggest war in history. For the American people, of course, the funeral train was just that--the train bearing the body of deceased FDR. It passed with darkened windows; few gave thought to what might be happening aboard. A closer look inside the train, however, would reveal a Soviet spy about to leak a state secret, a newly widowed Eleanor Roosevelt, who just found out that her husband's mistress was in the room when he died, and the entire family of incoming president Harry S Truman. The thrilling story of what took place behind the Pullman shades, where women whispered and men tossed back highballs, has never been told. On the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of FDR's death, Klara chronicles the action-packed threeiday train ride during which, among other things, Truman hammered out the policies that would galvanize a country in mourning and win the Second World War.

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: Fdr's Funeral Train
• Sottotitolo: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Robert Klara
• Editore: Griffin
• Collana: Griffin (Paperback)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 21 Giugno '11
• Genere: HISTORY
• Pagine: 244
• ISBN-10: 0230108032
• EAN-13: 9780230108035