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Frank Freidel


Born
in Porterville, California, The United States
May 22, 1916

Died
January 25, 1993

Genre
History, Biography

Influences
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Frank Burt Freidel was a professor of history at Harvard University and the first major biographer of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He received his B.A. (1937) and M.A. (1939) from the University of Southern California before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1942 with a doctorate in history. He taught at a number of colleges before joining the faculty of Harvard University, where he taught from 1955 until his retirement in 1981.

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Average rating: 3.74 · 294 ratings · 48 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Re...
3.75 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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The Presidents of the Unite...
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3.76 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1971 — 49 editions
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Our Country's Presidents
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1967 — 24 editions
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Over There: The American Ex...
3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1964 — 10 editions
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Laun...
3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions
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George Washington: Man and ...
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: The ...
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1954 — 15 editions
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: The ...
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1956 — 11 editions
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: The ...
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1952 — 2 editions
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The White House: The First ...
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