You Learn By Living.

ROOSEVELT, Eleanor.

Item Number: 14022

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1960.

First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Betty and Ernest with affection and good wishes from Eleanor Roosevelt Xmas 1960.” The recipients were Betty and Ernest Lindley, friends with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; Lindley was chosen as the authorized Roosevelt historian and wrote the first biography of him. He was well-known during his Washington, DC years for his radio and television appearances on public affairs programs, later becoming a reporter and columnist for the Washington Post. In 1961, he became a special assistant to U. S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk and was a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Council. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip to the back panel. Housed in a custom clamshell box.  A nice association.

One of the most beloved figures of the twentieth century, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt remains a role model for a life well lived. At the age of seventy-six, Roosevelt penned this guide to living a fuller life. You Learn by Living is a powerful volume of enduring common sense ideas and heartfelt values. Offering her own philosophy on living, Eleanor takes readers on a path to compassion, confidence, maturity and civic stewardship.