roosevelt, franklin d.

Activist, diplomat, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt recounts her life story in this autobiography that combines elements from her original three-volume work.

Examines the lives of American leaders Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, looking at how they emerged from lives of privilege to become the instigators of progressive change in the United States, and considering their impact on the political and moral landscape of the country.

Contains key facts about the life of Franklin Roosevelt from his childhood to his death, focusing on his political career and his term as the thirty-second president of the United States.

Covers American presidents from 1890 to 1945, discussing the significant historical events they led the country through and the lives they affected.

This docudrama looks at Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, and his encounters with the Nazis, Churchill and Roosevelt and their impact on World War II. Includes documentary footage, dramatic reconstruction and interviews.

A brief biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, in graphic novel format, that discusses his childhood, family, education, marriage, polio diagnosis, and work as a politician and as the president of the United States.

Ken Burns chronicles the lives of Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics for more than a century, from Theodore's birth in 1858 to Eleanor's death in 1962.

"On the eve of World War I, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt, fiercely ambitious and still untouched by polio, fell in love with his wife's social secretary, Lucy Mercer. When Eleanor stumbled onto evidence of the affair, divorce was discussed, but honor and ambition won out. Franklin promised he would never see Lucy again." "Ellen Feldman's novel brings sympathy and insight to bear on the connection between these three compelling characters. When Franklin and Lucy did meet again, it was across the divide of his illness and political ascendancy, her marriage and widowhood. As he prepared to run for an unprecedented third term and lead America into another world war, he turned to Lucy for the warmth and unconditional approval Eleanor was unable to give.".