Two men and a car : : Franklin Roosevelt, Al Capone, and a Cadillac V-8

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Call Number: J 973.917 Ga, Kids Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / 20th Century / Garland, Michael
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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It is December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Peal Harbor, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt leads a nation in crisis. He must address a joint session of Congress to ask for a declaration of war against Japan. For two years America has refused to enter World War II. Now thats over. But Roosevelt needs an armored car to transport him from the White House to Capitol Hill. According to legend, the car Roosevelt used that day was a Cadillac V-8 that had been custom-built for Scarface Al Capone. True or not, the legend is one of several points of intersection between two headline-dominating Americans:one a great president, the other an infamous mobster. Viewed side by side, their lives open a window on the first half of the twentieth century. This is a story of America, but it begins with a car.

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Really Just Two Biographies submitted by KPNF on August 21, 2019, 7:34am This book doesn’t deeply explore the legend that FDR used an armored car that once belonged to Capone. However, it does provide side-by-side light biographies of the two historical figures. A reader who already is acquainted with FDR and Capone, might not learn anything new. But the biographical information may be useful to introduce young readers to these men.