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Hoffman, Nancy

Eleanor Roosevelt and the Arthurdale Experiment

109 pp. | Linnet | September, 2001 | Library ISBN 0-208-02504-9 $$22.50
(3) 4-6 A small but significant project of the New Deal was resettling carefully selected impoverished coal-mining families to the purpose-built community of Arthurdale. Based on documents and interviews, this book tells the story of Arthurdale and both the support and opposition it engendered with Mrs. Roosevelt as its stalwart patron. Black-and-white photos accompany the straightforward text. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

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