A First Class Temperament
Title | A First Class Temperament PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey C. Ward |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 946 |
Release | 2014-09-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0804173362 |
In this classic of American biography, based upon thousands of original documents, many never previously published, the prize-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward tells the dramatic story of Franklin Roosevelt’s unlikely rise from cloistered youth to the brink of the presidency with a richness of detail and vivid sense of time, place, and personality usually found only in fiction. In these pages, FDR comes alive as a fond but absent father and an often unfeeling husband--the story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s struggle to build a life independent of him is chronicled in full–as well as a charming but pampered patrician trying to find his way in the sweaty world of everyday politics and all-too willing willing to abandon allies and jettison principle if he thinks it will help him move up the political ladder. But somehow he also finds within himself the courage and resourcefulness to come back from a paralysis that would have crushed a less resilient man and then go on to meet and master the two gravest crises of his time.
Before the Trumpet
Title | Before the Trumpet PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey C. Ward |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2014-09-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0804173346 |
Before Pearl Harbor, before polio and his entry into politics, FDR was a handsome, pampered, but strong-willed youth, the center of a rarefied world. In Before the Trumpet, the award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward transports the reader to that world—Hyde Park on the Hudson and Campobello Island, Groton and Harvard and the Continent—to recreate as never before the formative years of the man who would become the 20th century’s greatest president. Here, drawn from thousands of original documents (many never previously published), is a richly-detailed, intimate biography, its central figure surrounded by a colorful cast that includes an opium smuggler and a pious headmaster; Franklin's distant cousin, Theodore and his remarkable mother, Sara; and the still-more remarkable young woman he wooed and won, his cousin Eleanor. This is a tale that would grip the reader even if its central character had not grown up to be FDR.
The Defining Moment
Title | The Defining Moment PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Alter |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 2007-05-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0743246012 |
In this dramatic and authoritative account, the author shows how Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his famous "fear itself" speech and the first 100 days in office to lift the country from despair and paralysis and transform the American presidency.
Vision
Title | Vision PDF eBook |
Author | James W. Bovinet |
Publisher | |
Pages | 75 |
Release | 1995-12-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780965062909 |
Closest Companion
Title | Closest Companion PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey C. Ward |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2009-07-21 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1439103143 |
Diary entries and letters from Franklin D. Roosevelt and his private secretary Margaret Suckley offer unique insight into the character of the president and his struggles with disability.
A First-Class Temperament
Title | A First-Class Temperament PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey C. Ward |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 946 |
Release | 2014-09-09 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0804173354 |
In this classic of American biography, based upon thousands of original documents, many never previously published, the prize-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward tells the dramatic story of Franklin Roosevelt’s unlikely rise from cloistered youth to the brink of the presidency with a richness of detail and vivid sense of time, place, and personality usually found only in fiction. In these pages, FDR comes alive as a fond but absent father and an often unfeeling husband--the story of Eleanor Roosevelt’s struggle to build a life independent of him is chronicled in full–as well as a charming but pampered patrician trying to find his way in the sweaty world of everyday politics and all-too willing willing to abandon allies and jettison principle if he thinks it will help him move up the political ladder. But somehow he also finds within himself the courage and resourcefulness to come back from a paralysis that would have crushed a less resilient man and then go on to meet and master the two gravest crises of his time.
A First-Rate Madness
Title | A First-Rate Madness PDF eBook |
Author | Nassir Ghaemi |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2012-06-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0143121332 |
The New York Times bestseller “A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders . . .” —The Boston Globe “A provocative thesis . . . Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —The Washington Post “Provocative, fascinating.” —Salon.com Historians have long puzzled over the apparent mental instability of great and terrible leaders alike: Napoleon, Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, and others. In A First-Rate Madness, Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorders Program at Tufts Medical Center, offers a myth-shattering exploration of the powerful connections between mental illness and leadership and sets forth a controversial, compelling thesis: The very qualities that mark those with mood disorders also make for the best leaders in times of crisis. From the importance of Lincoln's "depressive realism" to the lackluster leadership of exceedingly sane men as Neville Chamberlain, A First-Rate Madness overturns many of our most cherished perceptions about greatness and the mind.