books about: roosevelt     books:     Roosevelt      The Great Depression: America 1929-1941 Robert S. Mcelvaine Three Rivers Press, 1993 New Deal as Seen from the Reagan Era This book was written in 1983, in the early years of Ronald Reagan's presidency. It's very interesting to see how angry the Reagan fans are at reading it. Biased! they cry, and so it is... forthrightly biased against Reagan, but intelligently skeptical toward the ...             The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Modern Library Paperbacks) Edmund Morris Modern Library, 2001 Great biography of a fascinating subject I'll spare the details that others have provided and simply at my 2 cents: This is, simply, a great biography. I found it an incredibly easy read, despite its astonishing depth (and length). The sheer detail and volume of primary sources is fascinating but nothing ...             Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who ... David McCullough Simon & Schuster, 1982 MORNINGS ON HORSEBACK I NEVER RECIEVED THIS BOOK. It was returned to sender as undeliverable. The reason is the address was to my winter residence for which I have a mail transfer through the post office with mail going to my summer address and the post office would not transfer anything ...             Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) David M. Kennedy Oxford University Press, USA, 2001 An Iluminating Book I've never read a book this long (858 pp) before for pleasure, but I found the Freedom book so illuminating. I am 87 yr old and the book covers my youth, from age 8 to 23--and oh, did I experience personally the depression and the war! It was good to fill in the ...             Essays on the Great Depression Ben S. Bernanke Princeton University Press, 2004 Rigorous and Authoritative. The Best Book on Great Depression Economics Bernanke rigorously explains the economics of the Great Depression. A massive monetary contraction (reduction in the money supply) was the cause of the Great Depression, in large part due to the flawed gold standard that was created following World War One. The massive ...             No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II Doris Kearns Goodwin Simon & Schuster, 1995 Another great Goodwin book "Team of Rivals" remains my favorite Doris Kearns Goodwin book. But this is a very close second. "No Ordinary Time" is a brilliantly written, information-packed book that provides great insight into the FDR White House and the minds of both Franklin and Eleanor. "No ...             The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Timothy Egan Mariner Books, 2006 The American dust bowl and the grit and gumption of those who will never forget Subtitled "The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl", this 2006 non-fiction account of this American tragedy is historical writing at its best. The author is a Pulitizer Prize winning reporter for the New York Times. I loved his simple but ...             The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression Amity Shlaes HarperCollins, 2007 Every American Should Read This Book Amity Shlaes has written a timely and provocative book. As our presidential election nears, one can hear Republicans and Democrats alike arguing for more government action, more government-sponsored bailouts, more government intrusion into the market. As one ...             The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey Candice Millard Broadway, 2006 A Magnifent Portrayal Of An American Hero How delightful to read of a former president who was truly a man of honor. In Teddy Roosevelt's treacherous expedition down the River Of Doubt, a previously unchartered tributary of the Amazon River, you see a man who consistently could have used his status to gain ...             Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization Nicholson Baker Simon & Schuster, 2008 Human Smoke is a chronicle of how the world self-destructed in the inferno of World War II Human Smoke is the most unusual book on World War II which I have read. The reason is the format. Award winning American pacifist author Nicholson Baker has told the grisly story by using a Wikepdia approach to his narrative structure. In succinct paragraphs he tells ...             Franklin and Lucy: President Roosevelt, Mrs. Rutherfurd, and the Other Remarkable Women in His Life Joseph Persico Random House, 2008 4.5 out of 5: A sensitive and balanced portrait of a great man In this biography, Persico paints an intimate portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt through the lens of his relationships with various women over the course of his life, including his mother, Eleanor, Lucy Rutherfurd, and others. I came to this book without much ...             The King and the Cowboy: Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh, Secret Partners David Fromkin Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 The Partnership that wasn't David Fromkin is one of my favorite historians. After a stint as an expert in International Relations, who wrote on the subject (The Independence of Nations), Fromkin settled down as a historian, particularly of the various crises surrounding the First World War. ...             Theodore Rex (Modern Library Paperbacks) Edmund Morris Modern Library, 2002 An Excellent Portrait of a Great President Edmund Morris's second book in a projected three volume set about Theodore Roosevelt is an excellent tome, meticulously researched and extremely well-written. The years are pivotal in American history, from 1901 through 1909 as America becomes more involved in world ...             Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship Jon Meacham Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004 Franklin and Winston These were this century's two most powerful wetern leaders. One had already dragged his country out a terrible financial morass and was faced with a looming conflict which would have terrible consequences for the world. The other had served honorably in opposition to ...             The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR Jules Archer Skyhorse Publishing, 2007 Greatest American Hero Great book about a true patriot, who upheld his oath to defend the US Constitution, instead of going along with the unwritten oath of being blindly loyal to his superiors and just following orders. E.g., Butler was appointed police chief of Philadelphia, during ...          products you might be interested in search for books beginnings, civilization, depression, extraordinary, friendship, rutherfurd      toavi.com    web we recommend A Magnifent Portrayal Of An American Hero randomly chosen book: Operation: Dump the Chump