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FDR: A SINGULAR PRESIDENT FOR HARD TIMES

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was uniquely qualified to meet the twin challenges of an economic crisis at home and a multi-front war throughout the world.

The listed books are available at the Newton Free Library. The Newton Free Library, as well as the Minuteman Library Network, has many other books to help readers understand the presidential years of the longest serving President. Ask a librarian, if you need help.

Alter, Jonathan. The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope. New York: Simon & Schuster, c2006. 973.917 A46D 2006

Badger, Anthony J. FDR: The First Hundred Days. New York: Hill and Wang, 2008.973.917 B14F 2008

Beir, Robert L. Roosevelt and the Holocaust: A Rooseveltian Examines the Policies and Remembers the Times. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, c2006. 940.531 B39R 2006

Berthon, Simon. Warlords: An Extraordinary Re-Creation of World War II through the Eyes and Minds of Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2006. 940.542 B46W 2006

Brands, H. W. Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. New York: Doubleday, 2008. 973.917 B73T 2008

Cohen, Adam. Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America. New York: Penguin Press, 2009. (Book on order)

Glantz, Mary E. FDR and the Soviet Union: The President's Battles over Foreign Policy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c2005. 940.532 GLANTZ 2005

Grubin, David. FDR: Part 1. The Center of the World; Fear Itself; Part 2. The Grandest Job in the World; The Juggler. (videorecording). PBS Home Video; Hollywood, CA, 2006.DVD 973.917 F29F

Henderson, Henry L. FDR and the Environment. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.973.917 F85H 2005

Lloyd, Gordon. The Two Faces of Liberalism: How the Hoover-Roosevelt Debate Shapes the 21st Century. Salem, MA: M&M Scrivener Press, 2006. 973.917 T93L 2007

McFarland, Keith D. Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2005. 355.009 MCFARLAND 2005

Orgill, Roxane. Dream Lucky: When FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the Radio, and Everyone Wore a Hat-- ("A vivid and stirring panorama of America on the brink of World War II”). New York: Smithsonian Books, c2008. 973.917 O68D 2008

Pederson, William D. The FDR Years. New York: Facts on File, c2006. 973.917 P34F 2006

Peters, Charles. Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World. New York: Public Affairs, c2005. 324.2734 PETERS 2005

Powell, Jim. FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression (CD sound recording). Ashland, OR: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2008. CD 330.97 P87F

Rauchway, Eric. The Great Depression & the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c2008. 973.91 R19G 2008

Roosevelt, Franklin D. My Dear Mr. Stalin: The Complete Correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin. New Haven: Yale University Press, c2005.973.917 ROOSEVELT 2005

Rosen, Elliot A. Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007. 330.973 R72R 2005

Rosen, Robert N. Saving the Jews: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, c2006. 940.531 R72S 2006

Smith, Jean Edward. FDR. New York: Random House, 2008. 973.917 S65F 2008

Taylor, David C. FDR, A Presidency Revealed (DVD videorecording). New York: A & E Television Networks: History Channel, c2005. DVD 973.917 FDR

INTERNET RESOURCES

http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/fdroosevelt
In-depth essays created by the University of Virginia on Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life and administration and Internet links to 41 speech recordings.

www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/
The Presidential Library Web site provides access to documents, photographs, sound and video recordings, finding aids, and other primary source materials.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/index.html
Web site for the PBS American Experience program on FDR, which features information and links to the program.

www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/fdr.html
A Time Magazine essay written by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. explaining why FDR was the most important political figure of the 20^th century.

This bibliography is being funded through the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System.

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Reference Materials>Bibliography> Bibliography FDR: A SINGULAR PRESIDENT FOR HARD TIMES Franklin Delano Roosevelt was uniquely qualified to meet the twin challenges of an economic crisis at home and a multi-front war throughout the world. The listed books are available at the Newton Free Library. The Newton Free Library, as well as the Minuteman Library Network, has many other books to help readers understand the presidential years of the longest serving President. Ask a librarian, if you need help. Alter, Jonathan. The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope. New York: Simon & Schuster, c2006. 973.917 A46D 2006 Badger, Anthony J. FDR: The First Hundred Days. New York: Hill and Wang, 2008.973.917 B14F 2008 Beir, Robert L. Roosevelt and the Holocaust: A Rooseveltian Examines the Policies and Remembers the Times. Fort Lee, NJ: Barricade Books, c2006. 940.531 B39R 2006 Berthon, Simon. Warlords: An Extraordinary Re-Creation of World War II through the Eyes and Minds of Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2006. 940.542 B46W 2006 Brands, H. W. Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. New York: Doubleday, 2008. 973.917 B73T 2008 Cohen, Adam. Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America. New York: Penguin Press, 2009. (Book on order) Glantz, Mary E. FDR and the Soviet Union: The President's Battles over Foreign Policy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c2005. 940.532 GLANTZ 2005 Grubin, David. FDR: Part 1. The Center of the World; Fear Itself; Part 2. The Grandest Job in the World; The Juggler. (videorecording). PBS Home Video; Hollywood, CA, 2006.DVD 973.917 F29F Henderson, Henry L. FDR and the Environment. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.973.917 F85H 2005 Lloyd, Gordon. The Two Faces of Liberalism: How the Hoover-Roosevelt Debate Shapes the 21st Century. Salem, MA: M&M Scrivener Press, 2006. 973.917 T93L 2007 McFarland, Keith D. Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c2005. 355.009 MCFARLAND 2005 Orgill, Roxane. Dream Lucky: When FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the Radio, and Everyone Wore a Hat-- ("A vivid and stirring panorama of America on the brink of World War II”). New York: Smithsonian Books, c2008. 973.917 O68D 2008 Pederson, William D. The FDR Years. New York: Facts on File, c2006. 973.917 P34F 2006 Peters, Charles. Five Days in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of 1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World. New York: Public Affairs, c2005. 324.2734 PETERS 2005 Powell, Jim. FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression (CD sound recording). Ashland, OR: Blackstone Audiobooks, 2008. CD 330.97 P87F Rauchway, Eric. The Great Depression & the New Deal: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, c2008. 973.91 R19G 2008 Roosevelt, Franklin D. My Dear Mr. Stalin: The Complete Correspondence between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin. New Haven: Yale University Press, c2005.973.917 ROOSEVELT 2005 Rosen, Elliot A. Roosevelt, the Great Depression, and the Economics of Recovery. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007. 330.973 R72R 2005 Rosen, Robert N. Saving the Jews: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Holocaust. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, c2006. 940.531 R72S 2006 Smith, Jean Edward. FDR. New York: Random House, 2008. 973.917 S65F 2008 Taylor, David C. FDR, A Presidency Revealed (DVD videorecording). New York: A & E Television Networks: History Channel, c2005. DVD 973.917 FDR INTERNET RESOURCES http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/fdroosevelt In-depth essays created by the University of Virginia on Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life and administration and Internet links to 41 speech recordings. www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/ The Presidential Library Web site provides access to documents, photographs, sound and video recordings, finding aids, and other primary source materials. www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt/index.html Web site for the PBS American Experience program on FDR, which features information and links to the program. www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/fdr.html A Time Magazine essay written by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. explaining why FDR was the most important political figure of the 20^th century. This bibliography is being funded through the Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System. 12/5/2008 ejw Newton Free Library Newton, Massachusetts