HISSING COUSINS: The Lifelong Rivalry of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

Presents a lively, provocative double biography of two extraordinary first cousins whose tangled lives provide a sweeping look at the 20th century. Vivid, intimate, and stylishly written, it studies a pair of political trailblazers who short circuited the rules of gender and power, each in her own way. Photos.