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Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox: 1882�1940
This first of Burns’s definitive and award-winning two-volume biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, mapping the personal and professional development of one of America’s most brilliant politicians
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest serving president in US history, reshaping the country during the crises of the Depression and World War II. But before his unprecedent...more
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest serving president in US history, reshaping the country during the crises of the Depression and World War II. But before his unprecedent...more
ebook, 580 pages
Published
May 8th 2012
by Open Road
(first published 1956)
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I usually don't go in for biographies, but I couldn't put this one down. I really enjoyed it.
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Was it destiny that led me to complete this book on the day before the 2010 midterm elections? Okay, maybe not destiny, but it was fortuitous. I was so sick of flippant references to the "Great Depression" by certain currently serving politicians that I determined to refresh my knowledge by reading "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression" by Amity Shlaes and this book, "Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox." In this 538 page political biography of FDR published in 1956, James MacGre...more
FDR from birth to just before the U.S. entry into WW11.
Excellent.
Excellent.
The book was good; hated the class. Thanks Diana.
Good study of FDR
Jan 19, 2011
John
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Read for an American History college class in the 1960's.
A solid book - although somewhat dated at this point in time. Nonetheless, it focuses specifically on Roosevelt's personality and how that affected his leadership skills - both positively and negatively.
he's got a total crush on Roosevelt, but it's forgivable. still, history should be more objective than this.
May 05, 2013
Gmoney.gold
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