Before the Trumpet

Young Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1905

Geoffrey C. Ward

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Vintage Books
09 September 2014

Biography: historical, political & military; Political leaders & leadership

From revered and award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward, an astonishing, novelistic account--the most complete to date--of the early life and lineage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. First time in Vintage trade paperback.

Before Pearl Harbor, before polio and his entry into politics, FDR was a handsome, pampered, but strong-willed youth, the center of a rarefied world. In Before the Trumpet, the award-winning historian Geoffrey C. Ward transports the reader to that world-Hyde Park on the Hudson and Campobello Island, Groton and Harvard and the Continent-to recreate as never before the formative years of the man who would become the 20th century's greatest president. Here, drawn from thousands of original documents (many never previously published), is a richly-detailed, intimate biography, its central figure surrounded by a colorful cast that includes an opium smuggler and a pious headmaster; Franklin's distant cousin, Theodore and his remarkable mother, Sara;and the still-more remarkable young woman he wooed and won, his cousin Eleanor. This is a tale that would grip the reader even if its central character had not grown up to be FDR.

By: Geoffrey C. Ward
Imprint: Vintage Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 202mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 378g
ISBN: 9780804173339
ISBN 10: 0804173338
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 09 September 2014
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive

Geoffrey C. Ward is the coauthor of The Civil War (with Ken Burns and Ric Burns), and the author of A First-Class Temperament- The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which won the 1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for biography and the 1990 Francis Parkman Prize.

Reviews for Before the Trumpet: Young Franklin Roosevelt, 1882-1905

Suffused with magic . . . a wonderful book. John Lukacs, The Philadelphia Enquirer An engrossing biography . . . Magnificent social history . . . a triumph of scholarly detective work. The New Yorker The freshest and most penetrating study of the young FDR. Chicago Sunday Tribune The texture is . . . richer, the detail more finely tuned than in any other portrait. The New York Times Book Review Quite the best thing I have ever read about FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. The wonder is that [it] unearths so much new and revealing material letters, conversations, insights . . . appealing and inspiring. Atlanta Constitution Suffused with magic . . . a wonderful book. --John Lukacs, The Philadelphia Enquirer An engrossing biography . . . Magnificent social history . . . a triumph of scholarly detective work. -- The New Yorker The freshest and most penetrating study of the young FDR. -- Chicago Sunday Tribune The texture is . . . richer, the detail more finely tuned than in any other portrait. -- The New York Times Book Review Quite the best thing I have ever read about FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt. The wonder is that [it] unearths so much new and revealing material--letters, conversations, insights . . . appealing and inspiring. -- Atlanta Constitution