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A 5 page book report which considers the controversial historical biography of America’s 32nd President. No additional sources are used.
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any other man. His calming voice of reassurance in "the Fireside Chats" calmed a nation devastated by the ravages of the Great Depression; his strong leadership strengthened a country
that entered World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor he condemned as "a day that would live in infamy." There are few images that cast a
more imposing shadow than that of the formidable FDR, and any author who attempts to write his biography is faced with most challenging undertaking, to be sure. How can
you sketch a realistic portrait of a man, who has been transformed by the popular media into an untouchable myth? Such was the daunting task before former Wisconsin state
senator and onetime Tulane University American history professor Patrick J. Maney, author of The Roosevelt Presence: The Life and Legacy of FDR. He had no interest in composing a
book full of effusive accolades. Instead, Maney endeavored to penetrate the FDR mystique, and consider the man behind carefully image. The Roosevelt Presence is, at under 300
pages, is hardly a massive volume, considering the amount of material being covered. It is painstakingly researched as evidenced by the number of secondary sources listed and subdivided into
ten chapters covering Roosevelts privileged youth, his marriage and growing family, his struggles to overcome polio, and his amazing political career, culminating in the ultimate prize - the presidency.
Maneys text is tight and extremely well organized. While the biography has been criticized with devoting only a few chapters to Roosevelts early years, they reveal much about the
man. In an early paragraph, Maney observed how wealth provided FDR with the inner security that would later serve him well: "Roosevelts inheritance endowed him with an extraordinarily sunny
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