Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom

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Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom
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Author James MacGregor Burns
CountryUS
Genrehistory
Publisher Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Publication date
1970
Pages722
Awards Pulitzer Prize for History
ISBN 9780151788712

Roosevelt: The Soldier Of Freedom, 1940-1945 [1] [2] is a 1970 biography of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt by James MacGregor Burns, published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. The book won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for History and the National Book Award for Nonfiction (History and Biography). [3] It is a sequel to Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1956). [4]

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