Two men and a car : Franklin Roosevelt, Al Capone, and a Cadillac V-8 / Michael Garland.
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TextPublisher: Thomaston, Maine, Tilbury House Publishers, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780884486206
- 0884486206
- Franklin Roosevelt, Al Capone, and a Cadillac V-8 [Portion of title]
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
He must make a speech to a joint session of Congress that will build support for America's entry to World War II, but to do that he needs an armored vehicle in which to make the short trip from the White House to the Capitol Building. According to legend, the car Roosevelt rode in that day, borrowed from the FBI's impound lot, was an armored Cadillac V-8 built for gangster Al Capone in the late 1920s to shield himself from enemies. Is the legend true, or is it an American tall tale in the tradition of Paul Bunyan or John Henry? Either way, it's an ideal vehicle to compare and contrast the lives of two American men who grew up within miles of one another: one a great president, the other an infamous villain.
F&P Level Y
Includes bibliographical references.
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.