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Book SynopsisMasterful. The Guardian
Propulsive. The Wall Street Journal
Leebaert has done the near impossiblecrafted a fresh and challenging portrait of the man and his inner circle. Richard Norton Smith, author of An Uncommon Man, former director of the Hoover, Eisenhower, Reagan, and Ford presidential libraries.
A fascinating and absorbing analysis of FDR's brilliantly chosen team of four courageous and creative men and women.Susan Dunn, author of 1940: FDR, Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitlerthe Election Amid the Storm, Massachusetts Professor of Humanities, Williams College.
Drawing on new materials, Unlikely Heroes constructs an entirely fresh understanding of FDR and his presidency by spotlighting the powerful, equally wounded figures whom he raised up to confront the Depression, then to beat the Axis.
Only four people served at the top echelon of President Franklin Rooseve
