The legends about Franklin Delano Roosevelt are still alive.
To the left, Roosevelt was a champion of the working class and the oppressed, and was maligned as a "traitor to his class." He abandoned the gentry lifestyle of the Hudson River region to lead his country out of the Great Depression and achieve victory over fascism. For many on the right, Roosevelt lacked economic experience, but he gave Americans the optimism and confidence needed to overcome the Depression and achieve victory in World War II.Debunking the Myths of Franklin Roosevelt: The Man and the Myths exposes the suppressed and distorted facts about Franklin Roosevelt's life and the myths perpetuated by generations of historians (many of which were invented by Franklin Roosevelt himself!).Franklin Roosevelt was born into great wealth, isolated from the suffering of ordinary Americans, and his youthful life was full of privilege and modest talents. Mary Grabar chronicles Roosevelt's path to the presidency: his modest studies at Harvard, his indifference to law school and the legal profession, and his steady, indifferent rise through the ranks of government. You will never look at Roosevelt the same way again.
