Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In 1920, Franklin Roosevelt contracted a mysterious illness that left him bedridden for two weeks. His body felt like an occupied territory, subject to cruel and unpredictable intervals of excruciating pain. #2 In 1920, Franklin Roosevelt contracted a mysterious illness that left him bedridden for two weeks. His body felt like an occupied territory, subject to cruel and unpredictable intervals of excruciating pain. #3 On August 25, 1921, FDR contracted a mysterious illness that left him bedridden for two weeks. His body felt like an occupied territory, subject to cruel and unpredictable intervals of excruciating pain. The doctors diagnosed him with infantile paralysis. #4 In 1920, FDR contracted a mysterious illness that left him bedridden for two weeks. His body felt like an occupied territory, subject to cruel and unpredictable intervals of excruciating pain. The doctors diagnosed him with infantile paralysis, which was later renamed polio.