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FDR: The War President, 1940-1943: A History
by Davis, Kenneth S
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679415424
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415428
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Random House, 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition With The Number Line Indicating A Third Printing. Includes Index And Chapter Notes. The Book Is Bound Within Boards With Blue Over Blue. Gilt Lettering And Decorative Rule On The Spine. Wrinkling At The Spine Tip. The Unclipped Jacket Has Light Creasing At The Upper Edge.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046957
- Title
- FDR: The War President, 1940-1943: A History
- Author
- Davis, Kenneth S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0679415424
- ISBN 13
- 9780679415428
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 848
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, (1882-1945); United States - Politics And Government - 1933-1945; World War, 1939-1945 - United States. Presidents & Heads of State, World War II, 20th Century, Executive Branch
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About the Seller
Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
Biblio member since 2013
Woodlawn, Illinois
About Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA)
I have a small inventory of about 23,000 titles. I sell from my own property and only on-line. I started selling on line in 1999. This is my Fourth year with Biblio.
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