Franklin D. Roosevelt

Author: (American) Susan / Wang Yang
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: For the countless Americans who had lost their jobs, the resolute words of the newly elected 32nd President brought them long-overdue comfort and hope. "Only fear itself can truly paralyze us," Franklin Delano Roosevelt told his nation during the Great Depression. The American people found courage again in the confidence and fearlessness of their leader, a quality he was born with, which his loving parents further nurtured throughout his upbringing. For young Roosevelt, the upper class his parents belonged to was his entire world, but as President, he shifted his focus to the working class, establishing a series of social welfare systems to protect the interests of the impoverished. This book tells the early life of the only U.S. President to serve four terms, how he led his nation to overcome the Great Depression, and bravely faced the challenges brought by World War II.