Young Mr. Roosevelt : FDR's introduction to war, politics, and life /
In Young Mr. Roosevelt Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidentia...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
Da Capo Press,
2013
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In Young Mr. Roosevelt Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1920, he lost the election but not his ambitions. While his stature was rising, his testy marriage to his cousin Eleanor was fraying amid scandal quietly covered up. Ever indomitable, even polio a year later would not suppress his inevitable ascent. Against the backdrop of. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780306822353 0306822350 9780306821189 0306821184 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
