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Franklin Roosevelt runs for vice president in 1920 and seems assured of a still brighter future until polio devastates him the following summer. He spends seven years struggling without success to walk again, while Eleanor builds a personal and political life of her own. FDR returns to politics in 1928 and, as governor of New York, acts with such vigor and imagination during the first years of the Great Depression that the Democrats turn to him as...
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English
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"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, World War II, and Pearl Harbor. Information about his childhood, family, and personal life is included. A timeline, fast facts, and sidebars provide additional information. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards"--Provided by the publisher....
3) Fala
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Dog diaries volume 8
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[2016]
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English
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As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt s nearly constant companion, Fala the Scottish terrier was in the unique position to witness the workings of the U.S. presidency. And now for the first time, the sassy Scottie shares his story with readers from his idyllic puppyhood spent chasing squirrels through his adulthood spent chasing dignitaries around the world with FDR!
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2009.
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English
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Brings to life a fulcrum moment in American history--the tense, feverish first one hundred days of FDR's presidency, when he and his inner circle completely reinvented the role of the federal government in response to the Crash of 1929 and its consequences.
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[2010]
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English
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An illustrated biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, that provides information on his childhood in Hyde Park, marriage to Eleanor, political career, years as president, and influence on American history.
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2023.
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English
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Presents the first full account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, a secret, no-holds-barred, ten-day debate in a Moroccan warzone where FDR, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, and many others argued their way through choices that could win or lose World War II, which transformed their alliance from a necessity to a bond.
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[2022]
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English
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"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....
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