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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945) Whither bound?

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01101 Author/Creator: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945) Place Written: Cambridge, Massachusetts Type: Book signed Date: 1926 Pagination: 34 p. ; 23 x 16 cm. Order a Copy

Inscribed to his son James Roosevelt and dated June 1926. Signed twice, once in the presentation note on the free front endpaper and once on the titlepage. A lecture at Milton Academy on the Alumni Memorial Foundation, 18 May 1926. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, and printed by The Riverside Press Cambridge. Bound in blue cloth.

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945

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