The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency

by James Tobin

Book Overview

With a searching new analysis of primary sources, NBCC award winner James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II. Here, from James Tobin, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography, is the story of the greatest comeback in American political history, a saga long...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743265157
• ISBN13: 9780743265157
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 8.9"