FDR's funeral train : a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a presidency in the balance
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Published
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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Book
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xx, 244 pages, [8] pages of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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English

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Includes bibliographical reference (p. [205]-238) and index.
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In April 1945, the funeral train carrying the body of Franklin D. Roosevelt embarked on a three-day, thousand-mile odyssey through nine states before reaching the president's home where he was buried. It passed with darkened windows; few gave thought to what might be happening aboard. A closer look inside the train, however, would reveal a Soviet spy about to leak a state secret, a newly widowed Eleanor Roosevelt, who just found out that her husband's mistress was in the room when he died, and the entire family of incoming President Harry S. Truman. The thrilling story of what took place behind the Pullman shades, where women whispered and men tossed back highballs, has never been told. On the occasion of the sixty-fifth anniversary of FDR's death, Klara chronicles the action-packed three-day train ride during which, among other things, Truman hammered out the policies that would galvanize a country in mourning and win the Second World War.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Klara, R. (2010). FDR's funeral train: a betrayed widow, a Soviet spy, and a presidency in the balance . Palgrave Macmillan.

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Klara, Robert. 2010. FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance. Palgrave Macmillan.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Klara, Robert. FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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Klara, Robert. FDR's Funeral Train: A Betrayed Widow, a Soviet Spy, and a Presidency in the Balance Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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