Download or read book The Roosevelt Presence written by Patrick J. Maney and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-09-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only 20th-century president consistently ranked by historians with the Founding Fathers and Abraham Lincoln. His leadership in the dark hours of the Depression and the Second World War has endowed him in the eyes of many with an aura of greatness. This book reexamines Roosevelt's life and legacy--for good and for ill. 16 illustrations.