Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Rendezvous with Destiny

by Frank Freidel

Overview

The acclaimed one-volume biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt, praised by Doris Kearns Goodwin as "brilliant...a magnificently readable saga."   

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316092418
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	11/29/2009
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	1,054,040
File size:	5 MB

Editorial Reviews

Freidel examines the personal and public life of the 32nd president of the United States, giving particular emphasis to his New Deal programs.

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Freidel portrays FDR as a decisive visionary who rescued the nation's economy and defended democracy on a worldwide basis, disputing opponents who perceive him as shallow, incompetent and dictatorial. ``This is as fine a one-volume biography of the 32nd president as we are likely to get,'' said PW. Photos. (Apr.)

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