A unique and illuminating exploration of the key relationships that shaped Franklin Delano Roosevelt into one of America\'s most definitive leaders and impacted his influence on the world stage, from presidential historian Michael J.
It is thanks to the invaluable personal connections, inspiration, and wisdom of those who shaped and informed FDR\'s historic presidency--one that has become a model of resilience and, in turn, an influence on every president who has followed in his path..
Form the creation of the New Deal through Roosevelt\'s war with the Supreme Court to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt persevered with never-ending grit, grace, limitless optimistism, and patience.
In FDR\'s Mentors , Michael Gerhardt tells the extraordinary stories of the men and women who had a vital impact on Roosevelt\'s life, career, and pragmatic personality: his distant cousin Teddy; his wife Eleanor
President Woodrow Wilson; journalist Lewis Howe
Winston Churchill; and New York Democratic Party leader Al Smith.
For Roosevelt, Peabody was only one of a small number of people who helped him develop the skills and temperament that enabled him to overcome the devastating effects of polio, to lead the nation through two crises, and to secure America\'s leadership in the world.
He instilled in Roosevelt a confidence and strength that empowered the young student and propelled him to Greatness as one of the most revered presidents of the United States.
Growing into manhood, the lessons he learned came not from books but from influencers of his lifetime, beginning with Endicott Peabody, the most renowned US headmaster of the twentieth century.
As a boy he was in poor health, was insecure, and an average student at best.
He became one.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt wasn\'t a born leader.
Gerhardt, the acclaimed author of Lincoln\'s Mentors and principal adviser in the official annotation of the Constitution at the Library of Congress.
A unique and illuminating exploration of the key relationships that shaped Franklin Delano Roosevelt into one of America\'s most definitive leaders and impacted his influence on the world stage, from presidential historian Michael J
