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FDR

Written by: Jean Edward Smith
Narrated by: Marc Cashman
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Publisher's Summary

One of today's premier biographers, Jean Edward Smith, has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt's restless energy, fierce intellect, personal magnetism, and ability to project effortless grace permitted him to master countless challenges throughout his life. Smith recounts FDR's personal battles and also tackles head-on and in depth the numerous failures and miscues of Roosevelt's political career.

Summing up Roosevelt's legacy, Smith gives us the clearest picture yet of how this quintessential Knickerbocker aristocrat became the common man's president. The result is a powerful account that adds fresh perspectives and draws profound conclusions about a man whose story is widely known but far less understood. Written for the general public and scholars alike, FDR is a stunning biography in every way worthy of its subject.
©2007 Jean Edward Smith (P)2007 Books on Tape
Historical Biographies & Memoirs Wars & Conflicts United States
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"A magisterial biography...the author's eloquent synthesis of FDR's complex and compelling life is remarkably executed and a joy to read." (Publishers Weekly)

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Superficial telling of FDR's life

When I read a biography, I want to get a sense of how the subject thinks. I want insight into the their psychology. This book is more like a grocery list of the events of FDR's life. Their is no insight into who he was or what motivated him or how he out foxed his rivals.

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