Eleanor Roosevelt — You Learn By Living - Signed 1st Edition

Book Very Good Very Good Signed by Author(s) 1st Edition Lothrop Company NY ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR. YOU LEARN BY LIVING. SIGNED FIRST EDITION, WITH DISTINGUISHED POLITICAL PROVENANCE New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. First edition. Octavo. Signed by Eleanor Roosevelt on the front free endpaper, and subsequently inscribed as a Christmas gift by Abba Schwartz, a close political associate of President John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, and a trusted adviser to Eleanor Roosevelt. Schwartz (1927-2013) was a prominent American diplomat and government official. Following Kennedy's election as President, he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Security and Consular Affairs, placing this volume within a particularly notable circle of mid-century American political history. Published when Roosevelt was seventy-six, just two years before her death, You Learn by Living distills the principles by which she believed a purposeful and engaged life could be achieved. Written with characteristic directness, the book addresses such enduring subjects as learning, fear, the use of time, maturity, responsibility, individuality, public service, and political participation. Among Roosevelt's guiding principles are: "Learning to Learn"; "Fear: The Great Enemy"; "The Use of Time"; "The Difficult Art of Maturity"; "Readjustment Is Endless"; "Learning to Be Useful"; "The Right to Be an Individual"; "How to Get the Best Out of People"; "Facing Responsibility"; "How Everyone Can Take Part in Politics"; and "Learning to Be a Public Servant." A particularly appealing association copy, uniting the signature of one of the most influential American women of the twentieth century with the provenance of a senior Kennedy-era diplomat and political figure. Excellent collectible condition.