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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent book - I remember the years of FDR's presidency and now have a much better understanding of them. So well written and hard to put down.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Traitor to His Class . . . the Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of FDR, by history professor H.W. Brands, who has also authored biographies of Andrew Jackson and Benjamin Franklin. (New York Times 2008 Notable Book) <br/><br/>Everything you need to know about FDR. His background and privileg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80680163">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>      A thoroughly researched and annotated work by a very literate author,H.W.Brands'&quot;Traitor to His Class&quot; will join the pantheon of other<br/>great works written about our thirty-second president.Brands traces  the<br/>growth of a wealthy,pampered,aristocratic only son,almost su...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46930422">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A very good book on the life of the 20th Century's Greatest president.  Traitor To His Class exemplifies why FDR was a radical, why his policies, both foreign and domestic shook up the entire fabric of American and international life, and how he quite possibly saved this country from both economic r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61300553">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[ Just fascinating.  This review (see below) helps explain why another biography of Roosevelt is worth reading.  It pulled together a lot of half-understood events in my lifetime into a cohesive whole and also helps me to puzzle out the current situation in this country.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38951580">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My Dad did not like Roosevelt.  So I was interested to find a book whose author was evidently enthralled by the late President. In 824 pages, the author captures a brilliant, manipulative, and steady character, intent on his path and confident in his purpose.  Part of his confidence lay in his famil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45847853">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very good (and very LONG) biography of FDR, covering his entire life. Itâ€™s divided into 3 different partsâ€”1) his childhood, growing up and start into politics, and the sudden onset of polio;  2)the first part of his presidency in the 1930â€™s and the New Deal; and  3)the second part of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53249659">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here is a book that took me forever to read because it's too heavy to take on the subway.  I know there's a Kindle or a Nook in my future.  I've read quite a bit about Roosevelt so much of this was not new, but enough of it was from a different point-of-view to make the book compelling.  Brands is a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77422895">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really had no idea how little I knew about FDR until I started this bio. Pre-presidency FDR was an adulterer, a philanderer, and a typical New York glitterati (like the Astors and Rockefellers) rake.<br/><br/>I am just hitting the Great Depression under Hoover, and FDR is now NY Governor, so thi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44512781">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent addition to Roosevelt bios. <br/><br/>It was important for me to read about Franklin's bold efforts to fight the Great Depression as we start a new administration which wants to tackle the current recession with similar, courageous action. <br/><br/>Brands paints the man, warts and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48548804">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is long, but interesting.   The writer goes from the personal to the political to the historical weaving these three strands all through the book.  There are so many things about this period of history that I've heard of repeatedly, but reading details makes it clear that I've got a lot to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50747599">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great historical novel.  I learned a great deal about FDR.  I was surprised to learn that his was a &quot;mama's boy&quot;.  It was amazing to see how he changed as he grew into manhood and how he influenced the US and the world.<br/><br/>It is long and sometimes slow, but if you enjoy history you...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went into the book wanting to learn more about FDR and the New Deal. It taught me that as well as gave me insights into both Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the people surrounding them. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of the US at just after WW I and into WW I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46726741">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent book---it gives you a good perspective on the current economic and political activities which are very similar to Franklin's era in the White House.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Has anyone read this yet?  Heard the author on NPR today and it sounds timely (is today like collapse after Hoover?) but it is 800+ pages, egads!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book was pretty neutral despite the title which is what I was looking for. But I do think the author made light of the negative qualities of FDR.]]></body>
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