When F.D.R. Died
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
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Condition remarks: Usual wear on jacket. Pages bright and clean
A gripping work of narrative history, When F.D.R. Died chronicles the final hours of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life and the immediate aftermath of his death on April 12, 1945, drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews, and meticulous research to reconstruct one of the most consequential moments of the twentieth century. Bernard Asbell presents an intimate, almost hour-by-hour account of the day the thirty-second president collapsed at Warm Springs, Georgia, capturing the shock that rippled through a nation still locked in the grip of World War II. The tone is both elegiac and journalistic, balancing personal grief — from Roosevelt's closest aides and family to ordinary Americans who wept in the streets — with a sharp-eyed examination of the political transition that thrust Harry S. Truman into the presidency virtually unprepared. Asbell illustrates how deeply Roosevelt had become intertwined with the American identity, serving as a symbol of resilience through the Great Depression and the war, making his sudden absence feel like a seismic rupture in the national consciousness. The result is a vivid, humanizing portrait of leadership, loss, and the fragile continuity of democratic power.
Author: Bernard Asbell
Format: Hardback
Published: 1962, Jonathan Cape
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Usual wear on jacket. Pages bright and clean
A gripping work of narrative history, When F.D.R. Died chronicles the final hours of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's life and the immediate aftermath of his death on April 12, 1945, drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews, and meticulous research to reconstruct one of the most consequential moments of the twentieth century. Bernard Asbell presents an intimate, almost hour-by-hour account of the day the thirty-second president collapsed at Warm Springs, Georgia, capturing the shock that rippled through a nation still locked in the grip of World War II. The tone is both elegiac and journalistic, balancing personal grief — from Roosevelt's closest aides and family to ordinary Americans who wept in the streets — with a sharp-eyed examination of the political transition that thrust Harry S. Truman into the presidency virtually unprepared. Asbell illustrates how deeply Roosevelt had become intertwined with the American identity, serving as a symbol of resilience through the Great Depression and the war, making his sudden absence feel like a seismic rupture in the national consciousness. The result is a vivid, humanizing portrait of leadership, loss, and the fragile continuity of democratic power.