Granny D's American century / Doris Haddock and Dennis Michael Burke.

The life of Doris Haddock, known to millions as "Granny D," from her young adulthood in Boston during the Great Depression to her last decade as a galvanizing figure of populist politics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haddock, Doris
Other Authors: Burke, Dennis Michael
Language:English
Published: Durham, N.H. : University of New Hampshire Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
Haddock, Doris > Childhood and youth.
Haddock, Doris > Travel > United States.
Women political activists > United States > Biography.
Political activists > United States > Biography.
Older women > United States > Biography.
Young women > Massachusetts > Boston > Biography.
Depressions > 1929 > Massachusetts > Boston.
New Hampshire > Politics and government > 1951-
Boston (Mass.) > Biography.
Autobiographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Autobiographies.
Physical Description:xii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Book I
  • Full Measure
  • Steaming into Life : 1928
  • The Birthplace of Liberty, Including My Own
  • Castles and Princes
  • At Sea
  • Bubbles Burst
  • Jim's Girl
  • The Bohemians
  • Surviving by Our Wits
  • The Main Course of Life
  • Back to Harvard
  • Book II
  • On the Road Again
  • Alligators, Mermaids, Etcetera
  • Wake Up and Live
  • From the Very Balcony
  • Finding Life Everywhere
  • The Wind Shifts
  • Shared Courage
  • A Campaign from Our Town
  • Lessons from My Century
  • Last Delivered Speech
  • Last Undelivered Speech
  • Closing Note to the Reader.