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Discusses the life and presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, with an emphasis on the important decisions he made in that office regarding the American banking system, social security, the Supreme Court, World War II, and the United Nations, among others.

Profiles the lives of three presidents who dared to take actions, such as proposing an international peacekeeping organization, establishing programs to cope with the Great Depression and making the decision to drop the atomic bomb.

Biography of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt examining his life and legacy while distinguishing fact from myth.

Combines historical reproductions and photographs, cartoon-style illustrations, facts, and anecdotes in a look at the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States.

Follows the life and career of America's thirty-second president, who led the country through the Depression and was elected to four terms in the White House.

Profiles the life and career of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his childhood, personal struggles with polio, and how he led the country through the war years; and includes twenty-one related activities for kids.

Presents a brief look at the life and presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, discusses the decision to create a memorial in his honor, and features a tour of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.

A biography of the American president who brought the country out of economic disaster and through World War II.

Discusses the adminstration, legislation, and personalities of Roosevelt's New Deal, a sweeping program which attempted to bring the United States out of a severe economic depression.

Photographs and text trace the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from his birth in 1882 through his youth, early political career, and presidency, to his death in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945.