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Nothing To
Fear ISBN 0-918339-56-1(
Hardcover) * Vandamere
Press is pleased to offer Nothing to Fear by
Award-winning Roosevelt biographer, Hugh Gregory Gallagher. At the beginning of
each chapter, this stunning new photo biography of the greatest American
president of the Twentieth Century contains a short, concise introduction
providing an honest assessment of
FDR at various stages in his life and times, explaining
in readily accessible fashion, the depths of the Great Depression, the
suffering and despair caused by this collapse of the American economy, and how
FDR dealt with it; the horrors caused by World War II, how close Hitler came to
victory, and how Roosevelt was able lead the nation and its allies to victory;
and the changes in American society and government made by FDR that became his
lasting legacy. The
book is lavishly illustrated with photos of FDR, his family,
and the important leaders and events of those amazing
years. The most famous
photos of the President are included as well as
many never before published. The photographs selected portray a delicate
balance of the public and private FDR and his times, and reflect
the complete FDR. The
author researched numerous sources including
the archives of the FDR presidential library, the Warm Springs
Foundation, the Department of Navy, the National Archives, and the Library of
Congress to find the compelling and descriptive pictures of FDR the man and his
times. A must for all collections. About The Author The
author is a writer and scholar on the Washington scene. He served in the Johnson
White House and as a Senate staffer. His previous books include:
the award-winning, highly acclaimed FDR's
Splendid Deception (FDR Memorial Edition [3rd edition]
Vandamere, Press, 19990; Black
Bird Fly Away: Disabled in an
Able-bodied World (Vandamere Press, 1998); By
Trust Betrayed: Patients,
Physicians, and the License to Kill in the Third Reich, 2nd
Edition (Vandamere Press, 1995);
Etok: A Story of Eskimo Power,
(G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1975); and Advise
and Obstruct: The Role of the
United States Senate in Foreign Policy Decisions ( Delacorte, 1969), a
Pulitzer Prize Nominee. His
articles have appeared in the New York
Times, Washington Post, People, Mainstream, and many other publications. He
is a highly regarded and popular speaker nationwide on both disability and
presidential history. He is the father of the Architectural Barriers Act, and
considered to be the grandfather of the Disability Rights Act. Gallagher
contracted paralytic polio in 1952. He was rehabilitated at the Georgia Warm
Springs Foundation. He is paraplegic, uses a wheelchair, and lives in Cabin
John, Maryland. In 1995 he was awarded the prestigious Henry B. Betts award in
recognition of his lifelong contributions to disability thought.
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