The Story of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Full Record:

1956. Hickok. The Story of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Illus. by Leonard Vosburgh

Date:

1956

Author:

Hickok

Illustrator:

Illus. by Leonard Vosburgh

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Curator Notes:

Grosset & Dunlap, c 1956, with dust jacket; Signature Books (Enid Lamonte Meadowcroft, supervising editor); bookclub edition; Lorena Hickok was a personal friend of the Roosevelts; spine and front cover titles and design printed in red and black on gray cloth

Subjects:

Biographical fiction - Roosevelt, Franklin, Presidents - Roosevelt, Franklin, Boys' stories, Growing up stories, Diseases - infantile paralysis (polio), Physically handicapped people, Politicians, New York State - 1890's - Hyde Park, Washington, D.C., Illustrated editions - black and white plates - ink drawings, Illustrated editions - vignettes - ink drawings, Illustrated editions - vignettes - ink drawings - double spreads, Illustrated editions - illustrated title pages - vignettes - ink drawings, and Illustrated editions - endpapers - ink drawings - tinted stoc