Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882–1940)

“A brilliant full-length portrait of Franklin Roosevelt the politician”—the first in an award-winning two-volume biography ( The Christian Science Monitor ). Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest serving president in United States history, reshaping the country during the crises of the Great Depression and World War II. But before his ascension to the presidency, FDR laid the groundwork for his unprecedented run with decades of canny political maneuvering and steady consolidation of power. I