Before The Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt 1882 - 1905

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A very good history of the Roosevelt and Delano families from Claes Van Rosenvelt who arrived in America in 1650 and Capt. Ephraim Delano, FDR's great-great-grandfather down to FDR. Clearly lays out the illegal Chinese drug trade of Warren Delano, Jr. (FDR's maternal grandfather) that built the fortune that FDR enjoyed and took pains to conceal. The book fully describes the sense of entitlement and unwarranted confidence that FDR was given in childhood and remained with him throughout life. Clearly shows the reasons why FDR was such an incompetent president while everyone thought he could do no wrong. The book gives a good account of the serious lack of education that FDR received at Groton and Harvard, even though he was a good student. It describes how most of his classmates thought him a relatively unpopular lightweight and how he strove for acceptance with little success. Describes the black sheep of the Roosevelt family - Taddy and Elliott (TR's younger brother and the father of Eleanor). Gives a good account of the Eleanor's shockingly bad treatment at the hands of Elliott. It's a wonder that poor woman grew up sane. The book ends at the wedding of FDR and Eleanor.

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