Franklin D. Roosevelt tells the story of the president who lifted the United States from depression to global leadershipWhen Roosevelt was first elected president in 1933, America was in the throes of
The events surrounding the Dust Bowl did not look the same to everyone involved. Step back in time and into the shoes of an Oklahoma farmer, a migrant farm worker, and a government journalist as reade
Franklin Roosevelt was not only the first US president to be covered by public opinion polls, but his ratings have consistently exceeded those of all subsequent sitting presidents, save for John F. Ke
Written to be accessible to general readers and scholars, this biography chronicles the life of Lucy Mercer Rutherford, the woman with whom Franklin Delano Roosevelt had a long-term affair, in spit
Memorialised as a US heroine and an iconoclastic humanitarian who sought to protect society’s marginalised, Eleanor Roosevelt also, at times, disappointed contemporaries and biographers with some of h
In The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, religion journalist and author Christine Wicker establishes that faith was at the heart of everything Roosevelt wanted for the American people. This
This illustrated, first of its kind collection of excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt's newspaper columns, radio talks, speeches, and correspondence speaks directly to the challenges we face today.Acclaim
From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, an intimate and hugely insightful account of Roosevelt's final months of life, when, despite a dire medical prognosis, he was determined to be re
By acclaimed historian David Pietrusza (Rothstein,1920, 1960, and1948), the dazzling series of events and amazing cast of characters that comprised the simultaneous rise of Hitler’s Third Reich and FD
The New Deal: A Global History provides a radically new interpretation of a pivotal period in U.S. history. The first comprehensive study of the New Deal in a global context, the book compares America
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Scottie dog Fala helps run a nation!As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s nearly constant companion, Fala the Scottish terrier was in the unique position to wi
