Roosevelt, 1882-1940: The Lion and the Fox (Volume One of the First Complete Biography of FDR)

xvi, 553 pp. First volume only. This book presents answers to many of the most tantalizing riddles about the complex personality of FDR. How could this aristocrat, whose greatest youthful tragedy was a snub from tan exclusive Harvard club, become the idol of the poor and the hope of the average man' Was he really radical or essentially a conservative, determined to save old-fashioned democracy and the free-enterprise system in spite of itself' Well written, with a complete index, this volume will assist any scholar of Roosevelt in their discovery.