The Wit & Wisdom of FDR

by James C. Humes

In Bartlett's Familiar Quotations , the premier collection of noted sayings, Mark Twain is the only American with more citations under his name than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR was the greatest raconteur to occupy the White House between the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. A superb mimic with a professional comic's sense of timing, he had an ear for a ringing phrase and could laugh at himself, relishing the opportunity to tell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061231487
• ISBN13: 9780061231483
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 6.3"