A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt - Hardcover

Ward, Geoffrey C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060160667 ISBN 13: 9780060160661

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1992

Synopsis

Looks at Roosevelt's career as a young lawyer, his marriage to Eleanor, and his efforts to return to politics after his bout with polio

About this title

Review:

"Definitive for our time." --The Boston Globe

"An incomparable study . . . immensely informative about Roosevelt's meteoric public career but also refreshingly honest about a private life that was both spacious and constricted."--The New York Times Book Review

"Ward's sensitive biography avoids easy judgments . . . With an empathy heightened by a shared physical disability, Ward depicts, in extraordinary and moving detail, the ways a lifetime battle against polio affected Roosevelt . . . a beautiful story, beautifully told."--Los Angeles Times

"Every American knows the story in its outline, but this remarkable book tells it with fresh materials, fresh insights and fresh power--a splendid and moving achievement."--Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

"A brilliant portrait of 'the great man' in the making."--David McCullough, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of John Adams

About the Author:

Geoffrey C. Ward is the coauthor of The Civil War (with Ken Burns and Ric Burns), and the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Parkman Prize. He lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0060160667
• ISBN 13: 9780060160661
• Binding: Hardcover