Barefoot at Val-Kill : A Look at Franklin And Eleanor Roosevelt When They Were Just Plain Folk

'Barefoot at Val-kill" is the story of a little girl whose family just happened to live next door to Eleanor and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. People all over the world knew the President and his wife: their global interests, their acquired duties, their beliefs and goals. But did they ever see FDR drinking wine from an old fruit jar or Mrs. R. sneezing like crazy when she smelled the roses - and laughing about it?