A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

Year of Publication
1999
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
105 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
City
New York
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Abstract
Margo Bandini, 11, takes advantage of a class assignment by writing a letter to the president’s wife asking for her assistance on their Johnstown home’s foreclosure during the Great Depression.
Notes
The author based her novel on a true story of her father’s family.
Author Biography
Carmine Coco De Young (1951— ), born and raised in Johnstown, Cambria County and a graduate of Seton Hill College, lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Time
1933
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