No other man was ever elected to be President of the United States for sixteen years. No other man served his country during such fearful times, for there was a great war and a great depression. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was loved by many, many people because he made them feel that all was not hopeless.

In this easy-to-read biography, FDR's early life and schooling, his beginnings in politics, his rise to fame, his courage in overcoming his illness, are told simply but with understanding for the starting-to-read.

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