Through people, our president s. Brian dr. Holzer, im often i want to call you you even though youre not a doctor. Harold thank you for that mixed introduction. And thank you for having me on the show and welcome to Franklin Roosevelts home from which we are broadcasting tonight. Why . I think amity has it right. I also think that we were blessed to have a first president who was a National Hero before he became president , and was a touchstone and an icon and created a presidency that was centered on both personality and ideas, but in large measure, personality. Everyone since has been measured against george washington. And we look for extraordinary guidance, leadership, and inspiration from these, so far, men. Brian talk about this house in a second, but i want to ask amity, is there a house anywhere for Calvin Coolidge . Amity there is a house for Calvin Coolidge in Plymouth Notch, vermont. Thats near killington. Its near woodstock, vermont, if those are important points for you. A
You could ask either franklin del anor roosevelt or Elanor Roosevelt after all the work did you on this book, what would they be . I think with he will anor, i would like to understand why she was unable at a certain moment in the middle of the war wh he asked her to be his wife again and stop traveling and stay home and take care of him to say yes to him. He loved her and she still loved him. Why didnt you do it . Hes going to die soon. For him, id want to understand why he couldnt share himself more fully with anyone. He was the most charming, most sparkling personality on the surface. Everybody thought how warm he was. But underneath, there was such reserve in him. I would want to try to understand why that was so and why he couldnt give himself more to the people who loved him. What makes this book different than all the rest . Well, i think what i want to do in this book is understand not only franklin and eleanors relationship which is looked at in many, many cases about ut to un
Series of books on the president s and i said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. And he said i want you to do one thing. Allen evans have done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him. I knew he was a tennesseean and im a tennesseean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old homeplace in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. His reputation was the result of what was to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war. Left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger. And the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the att
Of no ordinary time. If you could ask either track listen roosevelt or Eleanor Roosevelt a couple of questions after all the work you did on this book, what would they be . With eleanor i would like to ask her at a certain moment in the middle of the war when he asked her to be his wife again to say yes to him. I know he loved her, i wanted to say why didnt you do it . He is going to die soon. I wish she had done it. And also i would like to understand why he couldnt share himself more with everyone. He was the most ebullient permit on surface. Everyone knew how warm he was but upped knead there was reserve. I want to try to understand why he was so and why he couldnt give himself more fully to the people around him. What makes this book different than the rest . I wanted to understand franklin and eleanors relationship, and to understand the extended family that surrounded them until the white house. I came to the understanding that these two characters needed the other people to meet
Biography for the series of books on the president. I said arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. And he said i want you to do one thing. Allen evans have done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary and i couldnt say no. I was fascinated by the man. Did you know much about him. I knew he was a tennesseean and im a tennesseean. I knew that his grave is behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old homeplace in columbia is preserved and i had been there many times and have been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. His reputation was the result of what was to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war. Left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger. And the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great dea