Best Franklin Roosevelt Biography - April 2024

Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history’s towering leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. It was a crucial friendship, and a unique one—a president and a prime minister spending enormous amounts of time together (113 days during the war) and exchanging nearly two thousand messages. Amid cockta... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812972821
• ASIN: 0812972821
• ISBN: 0812972821
• Brand: Meacham, Jon
• Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt

The National Book Award–winning biography that tells the story of how young Teddy Roosevelt transformed himself from a sickly boy into the vigorous man who would become a war hero and ultimately president of the United States, told by master historian David McCullough.Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as “a masterpiece” (John A. Gable, Newsday), it is the winner of the Los Angeles Times 1981 Book Prize for Biography and the National Book Award for Biography. Written by David McCullough, the author of Truman, this is the story of a re... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671447548
• ASIN: 0671447548
• ISBN: 0671447548
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The American Presidents Series: The 32nd President, 1933-1945

A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and GladstoneA protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency more than twice. In a ranking of chief executives, no more than three of his predecessors could truly be placed in contention with his standing, and of his successors, there are so far none. In acute, stylish prose, Roy Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDR's character. He was a skilled politician with astounding flexibility; he oversaw an incomparable mobilization of ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0805069593
• ASIN: 0805069593
• ISBN: 0805069593
• Manufacturer: Times Books

No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II

• ASIN: 0684804484
• ASIN: 0684804484
• ISBN: 0684804484
• Brand: Simon Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom (1940-1945)

The “engrossing” Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning history of FDR’s final years (Barbara Tuchman). The second entry in James Macgregor Burns’s definitive two-volume biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt begins with the president’s precedent-breaking third term election in 1940, just as Americans were beginning to face the likelihood of war. Here, Burns examines Roosevelt’s skillful wartime leadership as well as his vision for post-war peace. Hailed by William Shirer as “the definitive book on Roosevelt in the war years,” and by bestselling author Barbara Tuchma... [Read More]

• ASIN: B007GSU1CQ
• ASIN: B007GSU1CQ
• Manufacturer: Open Road Media

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Traces the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from his birth in 1882 through his youth, early political career, and presidency to his death in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1945.

• ASIN: 0395629780
• UPC: 046442629782
• ASIN: 0395629780
• ISBN: 0395629780
• Brand: Clarion Books
• Manufacturer: Clarion Books

FDR

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A model presidential biography... Now, at last, we have a biography that is right for the man" - Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book WorldOne of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this superlative volume, Jean Edward Smith combines contemporary scholarship and a broad range of primary source material to provide an engrossing narrative of one of America’s greatest presidents. This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt’ s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812970497
• UPC: 783324816600
• ASIN: 0812970497
• ISBN: 0812970497
• Brand: Random House
• Manufacturer: Random House

The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

“[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining.”—Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times “A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color.”—Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company   Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR’s fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
• ASIN: B01MQVT9TG
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Leadership: In Turbulent Times

• ASIN: 1476795924
• ASIN: 1476795924
• ISBN: 1476795924
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt’s harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth.The River of Doubt—it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron.After his humiliating election defeat in 1912, Roosevelt set his sights on the most punishin... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0767913736
• ASIN: 0767913736
• ISBN: 9780767913737
• Brand: Random House
• Manufacturer: Broadway Books

Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?

Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. Elected four times, he spent thirteen years in the White House. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the ones facing America today, makes for a timely and engrossing biography.

• ASIN: 0448453460
• ASIN: 0448453460
• ISBN: 0448453460
• Brand: Grosset Dunlap
• Manufacturer: Penguin Workshop

The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham helps us understand the present moment in American politics and life by looking back at critical times in our history when hope overcame division and fear.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • The Christian Science Monitor • Southern Living Our current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America Meacham shows us how what Abraham Lincoln called the “better angels of our nature” have repeatedly won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Lincoln and other presidents, including Ul... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0399589813
• ASIN: 0399589813
• ISBN: 0399589813
• Manufacturer: Random House

Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America’s first families.  J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings and funerals, gardens and playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and, with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home. For twenty-eight years, first as assistant to the chie... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00F3QYL06
• ASIN: B00F3QYL06
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Open Road Media

American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

Instant New York Times BestsellerAs the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy’s inspiring challenge, and America’s race to the moon.“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006265506X
• ASIN: 006265506X
• ISBN: 006265506X
• Manufacturer: Harper

Presidents of War

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From a preeminent presidential historian comes a “monumental and profoundly important” (Ron Chernow) saga of America’s wartime chief executivesBILL GATES’S SUMMER READING LISTTen years in the research and writing, Presidents of War is a fresh, magisterial, intimate look at a procession of American leaders as they took the nation into conflict and mobilized their country for victory. It brings us into the room as they make the most difficult decisions that face any President, at times sending hundreds of thousands of American men and women to their deat... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307409600
• ASIN: 0307409600
• ISBN: 9780307409607
• Manufacturer: Crown

Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?

Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the

• UPC: 11317903
• Rating: 4.0

His Final Battle : The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt

A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: Foreign Affairs, Bloomberg In March 1944, as World War II raged and America's next presidential election loomed, Franklin D. Roosevelt was

• UPC: 55971424
• Rating: 5.0

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - eBook

A masterly work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and GladstoneA protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the presidency

• UPC: 174755705
• Rating: 3.5

Franklin D. Roosevelt - eBook

**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post and NPR“We come to see in FDR the magisterial, central figure in the greatest and richest political tapestry of our nation’s entire history” —Nigel Hamilton, Boston

• UPC: 427808883
• Rating: 4.5

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Audiobook

A masterly, posthumous work by the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill and GladstoneA protean figure and a man of massive achievement, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only man to be elected to the

• UPC: 206109601
• Rating: 3.5

Who Was Franklin Roosevelt?

Although polio left him wheelchair bound, Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression and served as president during World War II. How he led the country through tremendously difficult problems, much like the

• UPC: 116389884
• Rating: 4.0

Traitor to His Class : The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Drawing on archival materials, public speeches, personal correspondence, and accounts by family and close associates, acclaimed bestselling historian and biographer Brands offers a compelling and intimate portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt's life and

• UPC: 10909221
• Rating: 4.0

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - eBook

Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms as president,

• UPC: 572389703
• Rating: 5.0

Franklin and Lucy : President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was arguably the greatest figure of the twentieth century. While FDR’s official circle was predominantly male, it was his relationships with women–particularly with Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd–that most vividly bring to light the

• UPC: 8248519
• Rating: 4.186

No Ordinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, The Home Front in World War II

Using diaries, interviews, and White House records of the President's and First Lady's comings and goings, the author paints a detailed, intimate portrait not only of the daily conduct of the presidency during wartime but

• UPC: 26930477
• Rating: 4.75