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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
200 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photographs and text trace the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from his birth in 1882 through his youth, early political career, and presidency, to his death in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares how Franklin Delano Roosevelt's determination to become president spurred him to overcome his physical ailments, and show America that with hardwork and determination anything can be achieved.
10) FDR: a biography
Author
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
1985
Physical Desc
830 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
11) Fala
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fala, the Scottish terrier, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's pet, shares his story with readers, from his puppyhood spent chasing squirrels through his adulthood spent chasing dignitaries around the world with FDR.
12) Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherford, and the other remarkable women in his life
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 443 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines Franklin Delano Roosevelt's relationships with the women around him, from his devoted secretary Missy Lehand and wife Eleanor to Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, the woman with whom he shared a long, secret, and life-altering relationship until his death.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (mostly col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
This biography introduces readers to Franklin D. Roosevelt including his early political career and key events from Roosevelt's administration including the Great Depression, the New Deal, Pearl Harbor, and World War II. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 370 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With a searching new analysis of primary sources, NBCC award winner James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II. When polio paralyzed Franklin Roosevelt at thirty-nine, people wept to think that the young man of golden promise must live out his days as a helpless invalid. He never...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In popular memory, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the quintessential political "natural." Born in 1882 to a wealthy, influential family and blessed with charisma, he seemed destined for high office from birth. Yet for all his gifts, the young Roosevelt nonetheless lacked depth, empathy, and strategic ability. Those qualities, so essential to his success as president, were skills he acquired during his eight-year struggle through illness and recovery....