H. W. BRANDS is the Dickson Allen Anderson Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. The author of "Andrew Jackson," "Lone Star Nation," and "The Age of Gold," he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for biography for "The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin." He lives in Austin, Texas.
"H.W. Brands is a master at finding the essence of an important
American life, telling its story grippingly and showing us why it
is important to our own generation. With "Traitor to His Class," he
has surpassed even his own high standard. This judicious and
compelling work is the first major one-volume biography written by
an historian too young to have lived in Franklin Roosevelt's time.
It deserves a wide audience, especially among those younger
Americans who need to be told why we all owe so much to FDR."
-- Michael Beschloss
"This is a rare book, indeed, shedding new light and brilliant
insight upon an elusive subject we thought we knew well. In this
elegant, all-encompassing portrayal, master historian H. W. Brands
shows us a leader who got the big issues right and, in doing so,
forever changed the expectations of the world. "Traitor to His
Class" will quickly emerge as the finest one-volume biography of
FDR."
-David Oshinsky, Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for History
"We live in the world Franklin Roosevelt created, and we can never
know enough about him. In this illuminating portrait of the man who
proved far more radical than his upbringing would have ever
suggested, H. W. Brands has painted FDR in bright and brilliant
colors."
-Jon Meacham, author of "Franklin and Winston" and "American Lion:
Andrew Jackson in the White House
""H.W. Brands has accomplished a remarkable feat in this terrific
work. As if he were creating characters in a novel, he has brought
to vivid life the central figures in his story--FDR, Eleanor, Sara
Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the inner circle in the White
House--while at the same time providing a fresh understanding of
the rich historical context for their thoughts and actions at every
step along the way."
-Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author
of "Team of Rivals" If you want to understand how a great president
should act, "Traitor to His Class" is mu
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