The man he became : how FDR defied polio to win the presidency / James Tobin.

"With a searching new analysis of primary sources, NBCC award winner James Tobin reveals how FDR's fight against polio transformed him from a callow aristocrat into the energetic, determined statesman who would rally the nation in the Great Depression and lead it through World War II. When polio par...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Tobin, James, 1956-
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster, 2013.
Edition:	First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:	Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945. Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Health. Poliomyelitis > Patients > United States > Biography. Presidents > United States > Election > 1932. Presidents > United States > Biography. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. Health, Mind and Body. Historical. Political.
Genre:	Biography. Health, Mind and Body. Historical. Political.
Physical Description:	viii, 370 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

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