From #1 New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize winner, and leading historian Doris Kearns Goodwin comes an essential middle grade guide to Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Lyndon Johnson and how they became leaders.
All four presidents profiled grew up and lived in very different worldsâLincoln was poor and self-educated; Theodore Roosevelt hailed from an elegant home in the heart of New York City; Franklin Roosevelt loved the outdoors surrounding his familyâs rural estate; and Lyndon Johnsonâs modest childhood home had no electricity or running water. So how did each of them do itârise to become President of the United States? What did these four kids have individuallyâand have in commonâthat catapulted them to lead America through some of its most turbulent times?