What makes a great man great? How does it happen that in the hour of stress he is there and rises to the need? Only by knowing his life can anyone hope to understand the answers to these questions.

In a simply told biography, full of interesting anecdotes and incidents, the author tells the story of a great American -- his colorful life and the turns of fate that made him into the man who stood firmly at the helm in some of America's stormiest years.

This is a warm, exciting story that traces the growth of a privileged boy into a man who first conquered his own ill fortune, then went on to fight to be better the lives of others, and to guide his country through critical years. THE REAL BOOK ABOUT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT is a book for all young Americans to read and enjoy.

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