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2) Warm springs
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
The inspiring true story about Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, who seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
3) Eleanor and Franklin: the story of their relationship, based on Eleanor Roosevelt's private papers
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[1971]
Language
English
Description
In his extraordinary biography of an extraordinary couple, Joseph P. Lash reconstructs the Roosevelt’s four-decade marriage from Eleanor’s personal papers. The result is an intimate look at the vibrant private world of the public persona. 20 photographs
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
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...
6) Fala
Author
Series
Dog diaries volume 8
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The fifth book in the Making of America series, Franklin D. Roosevelt examines the life of America's 32nd president: his birth into one of America's elite families, his domineering mother, his marriage to Eleanor Roosevelt, his struggle with polio, and his political career. A Democrat, Roosevelt (1882-1945) won a record four presidential elections and is the longest-serving US President. During his time in office, he led the country through the Great...
Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by New Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive original program from the History Channel, featuring exclusive interviews, rare audio recordings, newly-unearthed home movies, and diary entries, that reveals a never-before-seen side of FDR's presidency.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that provides information on his childhood in Hyde Park, marriage to Eleanor, political career, years as president, and influence on American history.
17) The confidante: the untold story of the woman who helped win World War II and shape modern America
Author
Publisher
Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, a Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became a real power behind national policies critical to America winning World War II and prospering afterwards, chronicles her extraordinary career as FDR's special envoy to Europe during the war and an adviser to five presidents.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt watches uneasily as the world heads rapidly down a dangerous path. The Japanese have waged an aggressive campaign against China, and they now begin to expand their ambitions to other parts of Asia. As their expansion efforts grow bolder, their enemies know that Japan's ultimate goal is total conquest over the region, especially when the Japanese align themselves with Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy,...
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