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The Roosevelts
FDR Contracts Polio
In the the summer of 1921 Franklin Delano Roosevelt contracts polio.
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Theodore’s presidency and FDR and Eleanor’s courtship and marriage.

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Examine the early lives of Theodore Roosevelt and his younger cousin, Franklin.