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Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President
2008
A brief biography of thirty-second President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, that chronicles his life, marriage, political career, and physical challenges.

Pearl Harbor Christmas

a world at war, December 1941
2011
Discusses the Christmas season of 1941 that played out in the shadows of the Pearl Harbor attack and the start of America's involvement in World War II.

The puzzle of the Indian arrowhead

2006
Grant, Weng-Ho, and Seve go on a field trip to Warm Springs, Georgia, to visit the home of President Franklin Roosevelt and learn about FDR, polio, and a Creek Indian legend.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, four times president

1966
Story of the son of a wealthy family who overcame polio and became the President who led his country through the Depression and the Second World War.

FDR's shadow

Louis Howe, the force that shaped Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
2009
Presents a behind-the-scenes look into the relationship between Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and Roosevelt's political advisor Louis Howe, who was a major player in promoting FDR to the presidency.

FDR's splendid deception

the moving story of Roosevelt's massive disability--and the intense efforts to conceal it from the public

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal

1987
A biography of the thirty-second President, the only one to be elected to a fourth term, who began the New Deal to counteract the effects of the Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

2002
Profiles the life and work of Franklin D. Roosevelt, discussing his early education, illness, political career, achievements during the Great Depression, and legacy.

Roosevelt

1980
Briefly describes the World Depression, New Deal policies, war with Japan and Germany, and the power of the U.S.

Commander in chief

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his lieutenants, and their war
1987
"A Cornelia and Michael Bessie book." Discusses FDR as commander in chief during World War II and examines the extent and importance of the President's role in directing America's wartime strategy.

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