Stanley Weintraub. With news accounts and political cartoons, Weintraub paints a vivid
portrait of the public mood and of FDR literally willing himself to
victory with a relatively unknown running mate, Harry Truman. Roosevelt
juggled both the sputtering national economy and the wartime effort with
equal parts savvy and grit, only to succumb to longstanding medical
ailments soon after his inauguration. Historically satisfying, bringing
the events to life with telling anecdotes (like Trumanas terrifying,
prescient anightmare that Roosevelt had died and he, Harry S. Truman,
was now presidenta), Weintraub's book portrays a political icon
determined to make his mark on America and the world in the twilight of
his life.--Publisher'sWeeklySaturday, July 14, 2012
Final Victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign
Stanley Weintraub. With news accounts and political cartoons, Weintraub paints a vivid
portrait of the public mood and of FDR literally willing himself to
victory with a relatively unknown running mate, Harry Truman. Roosevelt
juggled both the sputtering national economy and the wartime effort with
equal parts savvy and grit, only to succumb to longstanding medical
ailments soon after his inauguration. Historically satisfying, bringing
the events to life with telling anecdotes (like Trumanas terrifying,
prescient anightmare that Roosevelt had died and he, Harry S. Truman,
was now presidenta), Weintraub's book portrays a political icon
determined to make his mark on America and the world in the twilight of
his life.--Publisher'sWeekly
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