{"product_id":"the-yankee-sphinx-an-fdr-novel","title":"The Yankee Sphinx: An Fdr Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Compassionate Story About One Of The Most Consequential Americans Of The 20Th Century. Kirkus (Starred Review)An Extraordinary Work Of Historical Fiction By The CoCreator Of Twin PeaksA Novel About One Of FdrS Closest Wartime Advisers And The PresidentS Final Days, Inspired By The AuthorS Own Familyin 1934, Will Hassett Is Working As A Journalist When He Gets A Call From An Old Friend Who Now Works At The White House. He Arrives Expecting To Catch Up On Old Times But Is Instead Brought Right Into The Oval Office To Meet With Franklin D. Roosevelt. Fdr Needs Help On His Speeches; Will Takes The Job On The Spot. For The Next Twelve Years, Will Is At FdrS Side Through The Worst Of The Depression, Three Reelection Campaigns, And World War Ii.The Yankee Sphinx, Inspired By Will HassettS Real Diaries, Focuses On The Last Few Years Of FdrS Life. The War Is Raging In Europe And FdrS Good Friend, Winston Churchill, Begs For AmericaS Help. But Roosevelt Knows He CanT Bring The Country In Until ItS Ready, An Opportunity That WonT Arise Until The Japanese Attack Pearl Harbor In 1941.From WillS Empathetic Perspective, We Witness Fdr Managing The Allied Military Campaign Abroad And Parrying Shots From Isolationist Politicians At HomeAll While Reckoning With His Rapidly Deteriorating Health. Will And Anna, RooseveltS Daughter, Plot An Intervention To Get Him A Doctor More Up To Speed On A New Discipline Called Cardiology So The President Can Maintain His Strength And End The War.Elegantly Written, Bursting With Personality, And Perfectly Capturing Life In Wartime Washington, The Yankee Sphinx Is A Marvelous Work By One Of Our Most Versatile Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47958913843445,"sku":"DADAX1250876893","price":42.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81QQwHv5vWL.jpg?v=1775581032","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/the-yankee-sphinx-an-fdr-novel","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}