Fdr: The Beckoning Of Destiny, 1882-1928: A History
by Davis, Kenneth S
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- 0679748792
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- 9780679748793
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A biographer of Eisenhower , Lindbergh , and Adlai Stevenson as well as a novelist, Kenneth S. Davis was awarded the prestigious Francis Parkman Prize for FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny , which was also a nominee for the National Book Award. In addition, his next two volumes on FDR were both chosen as among the ten best books of the year by The New York Times . A graduate of Kansas State University, with a master of science degree from the University of Wisconsin and an honorary doctorate of letters from Assumption College, Davis was a journalism instructor at New York University, a war correspondent attached to General Eisenhower's headquarters, special assistant to Milton Eisenhower, the president of Kansas State University, a member of the State Department's UNESCO relations staff, editor of The Newberry Library Bulletin in Chicago, adjunct professor of English at Clark University, and an adjunct professor of history at both Kansas University and Kansas State University. Kenneth S. Davis died in June 1999. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
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- Title
- Fdr: The Beckoning Of Destiny, 1882-1928: A History
- Author
- Davis, Kenneth S
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0679748792
- ISBN 13
- 9780679748793
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Presidents - United States - Biography Presidents & Heads of State
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- History Western History United States History 20th Century US Great Depression
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- Politics, Government and Law
- Biography & Essays Biography & Memoirs