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User Review - MarthaL - LibraryThingA fascinating and revealing story of the daily struggle Roosevelt went through to prove the country that he was able bodied and capable of leading the nation. Reading this increases one understanding ... Read full review
FDR's splendid deception: the moving story of Roosevelt's massive disability and the intense efforts to conceal it from the public
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThe splendid deception referred to in this 1985 title ( LJ 5/1/85) is the masking of the full extent of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's polio. Although this aspect of FDR's life has been covered in brief ... Read full review
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| Title | FDR's splendid deception |
| Author | Hugh Gregory Gallagher |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Dodd, Mead, 1985 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 19, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0396085210, 9780396085218 |
| Length | 250 pages |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / General Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State Health & Fitness / Diseases / Nervous System (incl. Brain) Poliomyelitis Poliomyelitis - Patients - United States - Biography Presidents Presidents - United States - Biography Roosevelt, Franklin D - Health |
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