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Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Brief Summary

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Allan M. Winkler’s Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Making of Modern America talks and narrates the life about one of the most famous presidents that the United States had, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Born into a family with a lot of wealth and power, Franklin D. Roosevelt led the country through two of its greatest confrontations, the Great Depression and the World War ll. Allan Winkler locus in Roosevelt’s missteps and achievements and immerses readers in the personal and political sides of one of the most important figures in the history of the United States.
Allan Winkler describes very strong the infancy and the academic achievements of Franklin. His parents James and Sara Roosevelt gave him the best education with tutors at home. At the age of fourteen, his parents decided to send him away to school, they chose Groton School, about 40 miles northwest of Boston, the most exclusive private academy in …show more content…

Winkler put so much detail describing the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. On my opinion, I really recommend this book. This book help me to discern how Franklin D. Roosevelt became one of the best presidents that the United States had. I learned notable things that I did not knew about Franklin Roosevelt, for example; the diseases that he had to affront, or the high education that his parents provided when he was a child. I think that Winkler tried to show us a message, no matter the obstacles that you have to face, if you have a dream, follow it until you get it.
In spite of being a great book, for me, it has just one aspect that I did not like very much about the book. Allan focused considerably in the personal life of FDR. I knew that the book was about FDR and how he changed the United States, but I wasn’t looking if he was cheating on his wife or if his wife was not satisfied as a woman because Franklin chose to use the method of abstinence to not have more children. On my opinion, these facts are irrelevant with the context that the author is

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