Author Amy Stone embarks on her book of Eleanor Roosevelt's life with a story of the time when the Ku Klux Klan threatened to kill the former first lady to prevent her from speaking about civil rights at a Tennessee school. The threat of danger did not prevent her from going. That incident sets the tone for the rest of the book in which Eleanor Roosevelt is depicted as a courageous woman who continued to overcome her own fears and shyness as well as obstacles presented by the world at large. Filled with inspiring quotes and photographs, this book offers a comprehensive look at Eleanor Roosevelt's achievements and struggles. The reader accompanies her from her childhood when both her parents pass away before she is ten to her position as U.S. representative to the United Nations. Stone succeeds in laying out the specific concerns and character of Eleanor Roosevelt at various stages of her life￯﾿ﾽwhether it is as a young girl who taught dance and exercise to poor immigrants, a woman who encouraged her husband Franklin Roosevelt to run for presidency even after his bout with polio, or the lady who pushed for civil rights causes as the president's wife. This book is informative and engaging. It includes a timeline and glossary in the back. The book is part of the "Raintree Biographies" series. 2003, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers,