For information call:
Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
presents the annual
ROOSEVELT READING FESTIVAL
with fourteen authors of
recently published books
including a special afternoon
presentation with
Richard Breitman author of
A Calculated Restraint:
What Allied Leaders
Said about the Holocaust
June 21, 2025,
beginning at 9:45 a.m.
HYDE PARK, NY -- On Saturday, June 21, 2025, from 9:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum will host the annual Roosevelt Reading Festival. The day-long program will highlight the recently published work of fourteen authors -- including a special afternoon presentation with Richard Breitman, author of A Calculated Restraint: What Allied Leaders Said about the Holocaust. The festival will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. This is a free public event. Registration is not required.
In six concurrent sessions taking place throughout the day, fourteen authors of works that draw upon the Roosevelt Library archives -- or focus on the Roosevelt era -- will present author talks followed by question-and-answer sessions and book signings. Copies of all the authors' books will be available for sale in the New Deal Store. The program begins at 9:45 a.m. with coffee and refreshments.
This year's Roosevelt Reading Festival authors include:
Valdivia S. Beauchamp
PARNAMIRIM: An American Airbase in the Tropics, 1939-1945
Talmage Boston
How the Best Did It: Leadership Lessons from Our Top Presidents
Christopher N. Breiseth
The New Deal: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Karen A. Frenkel
Family Treasures Lost & Found
David Kohnen
King's Navy: Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King and the Rise of American Sea Power, 1897–1947
John W. Lanza
From One War to Another
Sarah Miller
Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt's Heart
Christopher D. O’Sullivan
Frank Knox: Roughrider in FDR’s War Cabinet
Samuele F. S. Pardini
Writing Home: Selected World War II Letters of Leslie A. Fiedler
Jeffrey P. Rogg
The Spy and the State: The History of American Intelligence
James Shapiro
The Playbook: A Story of Theater, Democracy, and the Making of a Culture War
Jason E. Taylor
The Brew Deal: How Beer Helped Battle the Great Depression
John Thomas
Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women & Gibson's "Banner" Guitars of WWII
SPECIAL AFTERNOON PRESENTATION:
Richard Breitman
A Calculated Restraint: What Allied Leaders Said about the Holocaust
The event is free and open to the public. Author book signings will be conducted throughout the day, and books will be available for purchase in the New Deal Store. For additional information about this event please call Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745.
