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Traitor to his class : the privileged life and radical presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

2008

Title:	Traitor to his class : the privileged life and radical presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt / H.W. Brands.
Author:	Brands, H. W.
Format:	Book
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Doubleday, 2008.
Description:	888 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Summary:	A sweeping biography of the life and political career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt draws on archival materials, public speeches, interviews with family and colleagues, and personal correspondence to examine FDR's political leadership in a dark time of Depression and war, his championship of the poor, his revolutionary New Deal legislation, and his legacy for the future.
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Presidents -- United States -- Biography. United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780385519588 (hc)
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H. W. BRANDS is the Dickson Allen Anderson Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. The author of Andrew Jackson, Lone Star Nation, and The Age of Gold, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for biography for The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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