Master of His Fate by James Tobin (books to read for teens .TXT) 📕

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Preface

PART 1 THE INFECTION

 (AUGUST–OCTOBER 1921)

Chapter 1: Campobello

Chapter 2: Questions

Chapter 3: “Hard, Cruel Facts”

Chapter 4: “He’s Through”

PART 2 STANDING UP

 (NOVEMBER 1921–JULY 1924)

Chapter 5: Trial and Error

Chapter 6: “Every American Stands”

Chapter 7: “I Am Interested in Too Many Things”

Chapter 8: “A Wildcat in Your Face”

PART 3 GETTING READY

 (FALL 1924–SUMMER 1928)

Chapter 9: Something in the Water

Chapter 10: “The One and Only Topic of Conversation”

Chapter 11: Three Strategies

Chapter 12: “He Was Getting Ready for Something”

PART 4 “A TOUCH OF DESTINY”

 (FALL 1928–FALL 1932)

Chapter 13: “You’ve Got to Play the Game”

Chapter 14: “On My Feet”

Chapter 15: “He Must Do It Himself”

Chapter 16: Whispers and Shouts

Epilogue

Photographs

A Note on Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

Copyright

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Tobin, James, 1956– author.

Title: Master of his fate: Roosevelt’s rise from polio to the presidency / James Tobin.

Other titles: Roosevelt’s rise from polio to the presidency

Description: First edition. | New York: Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references. | Audience: Ages 9–14 | Audience: Grades 4–6 | Summary: “A biography of FDR, focusing on his battle with polio and how his disease set him on the course to become president, for fans of Steve Sheinkin’s political biographies”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020020580 | ISBN 9781627795203 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882–1945—Juvenile literature. | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882–1945—Health—Juvenile literature. | Presidents—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature. | Poliomyelitis—Patients—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature. | Presidents—United States—Election—1932—Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC E807 .T635 2021 | DDC 973.917092 [B] —dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020020580

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First hardcover edition 2021

eBook edition 2021

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