Presenting an aspect of American history that has never been fully told, this Pulitzer Prize-winning work paints a detailed, intimate portrait of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt and provides a brilliant narrative account of America during wartime. Photos. No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking number of story lines--Eleanor and Franklin's marriage and remarkable partnership, Eleanor's life as First Lady, and FDR's White House and its impact on America as well as on a world at war. Goodwin effectively melds these details and stories into an unforgettable and intimate portrait of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt and of the time during which a new, modern America was born.

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"The decisive hour has come" -- "A few nice boys with BB guns" -- "Back to the Hudson" -- "Living here is very oppressive" -- "No ordinary time" -- "I am a juggler" -- "I can't do anything about her" -- "Arsenal of democracy" -- "Business as usual" -- "A great hour to live" -- "A completely changed world" -- "Two little boys playing soldier" -- "What can we do to help?" -- "By god, if it ain't Old Frank!" -- "We are striking back" -- "The greatest man I have ever known" -- "It is blood on your hands" -- "It was a sight I will never forget" -- "I want to sleep and sleep" -- "Suspended in space" -- "The old master still had it" -- "So darned busy" -- "It is good to be home" -- "Everybody is crying" -- "A new country is being born" -- Afterword.