A President in Our Midst
Title | A President in Our Midst PDF eBook |
Author | Kaye Lanning Minchew |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2017-06-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0820352993 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited Georgia forty-one times between 1924 and 1945. This rich gathering of photographs and remembrances documents the vital role of Georgia’s people and places in FDR’s rise from his position as a despairing politician daunted by disease to his role as a revered leader who guided the country through its worst depression and a world war. A native New Yorker, FDR called Georgia his “other state.” Seeking relief from the devastating effects of polio, he was first drawn there by the reputed healing powers of the waters at Warm Springs. FDR immediately took to Georgia, and the attraction was mutual. Nearly two hundred photos show him working and convalescing at the Little White House, addressing crowds, sparring with reporters, visiting fellow polio patients, and touring the countryside. Quotes by Georgians from a variety of backgrounds hint at the countless lives he touched during his time in the state. In Georgia, away from the limelight, FDR became skilled at projecting strength while masking polio’s symptoms. Georgia was also his social laboratory, where he floated new ideas to the press and populace and tested economic recovery projects that were later rolled out nationally. Most important, FDR learned to love and respect common Americans—beginning with the farmers, teachers, maids, railroad workers, and others he met in Georgia.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Title | Franklin D. Roosevelt PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Daniels |
Publisher | University of Illinois Press |
Pages | 569 |
Release | 2015-10-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0252097629 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt, consensus choice as one of three great presidents, led the American people through the two major crises of modern times. The first volume of an epic two-part biography, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939 presents FDR from a privileged Hyde Park childhood through his leadership in the Great Depression to the ominous buildup to global war. Roger Daniels revisits the sources and closely examines Roosevelt's own words and deeds to create a twenty-first century analysis of how Roosevelt forged the modern presidency. Daniels's close analysis yields new insights into the expansion of Roosevelt's economic views; FDR's steady mastery of the complexities of federal administrative practices and possibilities; the ways the press and presidential handlers treated questions surrounding his health; and his genius for channeling the lessons learned from an unprecedented collection of scholars and experts into bold political action. Revelatory and nuanced, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939 reappraises the rise of a political titan and his impact on the country he remade.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Title | Franklin Delano Roosevelt PDF eBook |
Author | Roy Jenkins |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2003-11-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0805069593 |
In acute, stylish prose, Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDRUs character--a masterly work by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Churchill" and "Gladstone."
The Fireside Conversations
Title | The Fireside Conversations PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence W. Levine |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 2010-09-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0520265548 |
Selected letters originally published in The people and the president, c2002 by Beacon Press.
1944
Title | 1944 PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Winik |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 656 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1501125362 |
"Chronicles the events of 1944 to reveal how nearly the Allies lost World War II, citing the pivotal contributions of FDR, Churchill, and Stalin,"--Novelist.
The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Title | The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt PDF eBook |
Author | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 213 |
Release | 2022-08-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt" (Radio Addresses to the American People Broadcast Between 1933 and 1944) by Franklin D. Roosevelt. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
Title | The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt PDF eBook |
Author | Eleanor Roosevelt |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2014-10-21 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0062355929 |
A candid and insightful look at an era and a life through the eyes of one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century, First Lady and humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt. The daughter of one of New York’s most influential families, niece of Theodore Roosevelt, and wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt witnessed some of the most remarkable decades in modern history, as America transitioned from the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, and the Depression to World War II and the Cold War. A champion of the downtrodden, Eleanor drew on her experience and used her role as First Lady to help those in need. Intimately involved in her husband’s political life, from the governorship of New York to the White House, Eleanor would eventually become a powerful force of her own, heading women’s organizations and youth movements, and battling for consumer rights, civil rights, and improved housing. In the years after FDR’s death, this inspiring, controversial, and outspoken leader would become a U.N. Delegate, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, a newspaper columnist, Democratic party activist, world-traveler, and diplomat devoted to the ideas of liberty and human rights. This single volume biography brings her into focus through her own words, illuminating the vanished world she grew up, her life with her political husband, and the post-war years when she worked to broaden cooperation and understanding at home and abroad. The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt includes 16 pages of black-and-white photos.