please join me in welcoming geraldine hawkins. >>. [applause] >> thank you, patrick, for this very, very lovely introduction, thank you. there are two people, before i begin, there are two people in our audience today whom i stupidly forgot to mention in the acknowledgements section of my book, and so, i would like to acknowledge them on c-span, and they are my good friends linda boucher, and al in front row and they're welcome known to lovers of top cottage. they're devoted to giving the tour at the site there and they're wonderful to me and i want to acknowledge them on tv because i forgot to do so in my book. well, thank you all for coming today and it's a great, great honor to see so many people here. well, when eleanor roosevelt was nearing the end of her life, she visited a young clergyman friend and showed him a bible that she had carried with her since childhood. it had belonged to her father, she told him. the spine had split and pages were falling out. she wondered if the minister knew where she might have it repaired. after

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[applause] >> >> author geraldine hawkins is next from the roosevelt reading festival held annually in hyde park, new york. she recounts the life of elliott roosevelt and his relationship to his daughter eleanor. eleanor. >> good afternoon, and welcome, i am patrick fahey, a member of the archive staff here. on behalf of the fdr presidential

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