James Tobin - The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency

Published: Dec. 18, 2013, 4 p.m.

b"Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a man who understood the \\u201cNew Deal\\u201d on a personal basis. He had faced a \\u201cnew deal.\\u201d In its description of James Tobin's biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the publishing house Simon & Schuster describes FDR's battle with polio and ascension to the presidency as \\u201cthe most remarkable comeback in the history of American politics.\\u201d The book is titled The Man He Became \\u2014 How FDR Defied Polio To Win The Presidency."