FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, 1882-1928

by Kenneth Sydney Davis

Book Overview

In this extraordinary biography, Roosevelt's life is set against the backround and events of almost half a century to show how the man and his career were shaped by the world in which he lived.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679748792
• ISBN13: 9780679748793
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 936 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

How it all began...

This book was awarded a well-deserved Parkman for the quality of its scholarship. This is the best book on the early years of FDR. It follows his childhood and explores the relationships with the key people in his life: the formidable Sara Delano Roosevelt, his marriage to Eleanor, and his political education from Louis Howe. This book also has a great deal to say about polio and how FDR and each of these people responded. This is not "Sunrise at Campabello, although it is clear that polio did make Roosevelt into the person who was able to become the greatest president of the 20th century.

Huge biography that reads at the pace of a great novel.

I can't wait to read the other books in this serial biography. Davis rarely overtells or undertells details of FDR's early years. The book moves quickly, and leaves an insatiable desire to read the next installation - if you can find it.