The FDR Years

The FDR Years
ISBN-10
0816074607
ISBN-13
9780816074600
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
480
Language
English
Published
2009-01-01
Publisher
Infobase Publishing
Author
William D. Pederson

Description

Born in 1882 in New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt entered public service through the encouragement of the Democratic Party and won the election to the New York Senate in 1910. This book details his administration at the height of the Great Depression as he valiantly led the nation with the phrase, The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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