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An illustrated biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that provides information on his childhood in Hyde Park, marriage to Eleanor, political career, years as president, and influence on American history.

A biography of United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt, discussing his childhood, family life, polio diagnosis, and leadership during the Great Depression, and World War II.

Examines the events of World War II through the eyes of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Looks at the life and career of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the thirty-second President of the United States.

?By far the most enigmatic leading figure? of World War II. That?s how the British military historian John Keegan described Franklin D. Roosevelt, who frequently left his contemporaries guessing, never more so than at the end of his life. Here, in a hugely insightful account, a prizewinning author and journalist untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelt?s final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax.

In 1941: Fighting the Shadow War, A Divided America in a World at War, historian Marc Wortman thrillingly explores the little-known history of America?s clandestine involvement in World War II before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

An assessment of the political and physical dangers faced by the newly elected President Roosevelt in 1933 profiles such adversaries as would-be assassin Giuseppe Zangara and populist demagogues Huey Long and Charles Coughlin.

Explores the life and work of President Franklin Roosevelt. Discusses his childhood, time in office, and biggest accomplishments. Also discusses how a president is elected and how the government and office of the president works. Includes a glossary, index, list of presidents and their terms, and resources for further information.

A biography of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Author James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II.