title: Hamilton Fish: Memoir of an American Patriot
author:  Hamilton Fish 
description: The late ex-congressman offers a first-person history of the 20th century enlivened by his role through 90 of its years as a key player on the national and international stage. Names of family, friends, allies, and adversaries fill the book as they would a "Who's Who." With a large part of the book covering 1923 to 1945, Fish paints an unflattering portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt as arrogant, power hungry, and deceptive. Opposing FDR on many issues--New Deal programs, Court packing, the creation of war hysteria, and Lend-Lease--he also reflected the antiwar sentiment and struggled to keep the United States out of war. Fish's prominent role in Congress ended in 1944, but his concern for America's best interests continued to his death. An epilog by Brian Mitchell provides personal insights. For general collections.<br /><i>- Kenneth J. Cook, Melbourne, Fla.</i><br />Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  Copyright © 2017 by Leslie Kean
  
  
  All rights reserved.  
  Published in the United States by Crown Archetype, an imprint of the Crown
  Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.  
  [crownarchetype.com](http://www.crownarchetype.com)
  
  
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  ISBN 978-0-553-41961-0  
  Ebook ISBN 978-0-553-41962-7
  
  
  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  First Edition
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  For my father,  
  Hamilton Fish Kean  
  1925–2016
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  [Cover](CoverPage.xhtml#CoverPage)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title page](Kean_-00a_TP.xhtml#TP)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright page](Kean_-00b_CR.xhtml#CR)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](Kean_-00c_DED.xhtml#DED)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](Kean_-00e_INT.xhtml#INT)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part One: Is There “Life” Before Birth?](Kean_-01_BK1.xhtml#BK1)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chap