FDR

Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize. This superlative volume combines fresh scholarship and a broad range of primary source material in chronicling the epic life of FDR. Readers can obvserve Roosevelt's restless energy, fierce intellect, and effortless grace, which allowed him to master countless personal and political challenges throughout his life; how his skill as a campaigner, particularly his consummate mastery of the burgeoning mass media, revolutionized the fundamental bond between the American people and their government; and how his vital relationships with women - romantic and otherwise - hleped to hold his personality and inform his worldview. A powerful assessment. Addenda. B&W illus. Index. 880p.