His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102.

Yet Franklin's mother, with her dominating manner ... To the American people, Roosevelt's death was a terrible blow. He had been president for more than 12 years and had carried them through ...

Challenges Franklin Roosevelt was elected president in the aftermath of the worldwide financial crisis triggered in part by the Wall Street Crash of 1929. The Great Depression soon achieved a depth ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, one of the nation’s preeminent historians and the leading scholar on President Franklin D. Roosevelt ...

His closeness to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt made ... it is evident that Howe's role was profound. Upon Howe's death in 1936, Roosevelt assigned him a final title, that of "Devoted friend ...

Leuchtenburg, one of the nation’s preeminent historians and the leading scholar on President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the ... and at the time of his death was working on a new edition that ...

Leuchtenburg, who cited no specific cause of death. A professor emeritus at ... Leuchtenburg’s notable books include “Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal” and “The Perils of Prosperity ...