Books with title Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?

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The story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the beloved 32nd President of the United States, told in language suitable for both young and old. Read about Roosevelt’s childhood and his career before becoming President. Learn how, despite the crippling effects of polio, he helped lift America out of the Great Depression with his New Deal programs and how he shaped Allied policy during World War II.About the Author:Henry Thomas, pen name of Henry Thomas Schnittkind (1886–1970), received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and was a professor at Boston University. He wrote more than thirty adult and juvenile books and his shorter work appeared in many national magazines. In “Who’s Who” he listed his hobby as “education of the masses.” Of his writing he once said, “In my biographies I [try] to introduce the world’s great thoughts and deeds through the personalities of the world’s great thinkers and doers.”

The story of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the beloved 32nd President of the United States, told in language suitable for both young and old. Read about Roosevelt’s childhood and his career before becoming President. Learn how, despite the crippling effects of polio, he helped lift America out of the Great Depression with his New Deal programs and how he shaped Allied policy during World War II.