Hi-Ya Neighbor~Ruth Stevens~1947~Signed~First Edition~Franklin D. Roosevelt~Warm Springs Georgia~Very Rare~Free Shipping

Hi-Ya Neighbor~Ruth Stevens~1947~Signed~First Edition~Franklin D. Roosevelt~Warm Springs Georgia~Very Rare~Free Shipping.

This rare book is in very good condition. The dust jacket is in very good condition and protected by a Brodart clear cover. Book cover has some wear. Slight foxing on top of the book. No markings or inscriptions. Signed by the author. See photos. Many historical photos throughout the book. This is a unique find and would be a great collectible gift book for American history buffs. Thanks for visiting!

In 1921, Franklin Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness, diagnosed at the time as poliomyelitis (later thought in a 2003 peer-reviewed retrospective study to be Guillain–Barré syndrome). He tried to regain strength in his legs by bathing and exercising in the warm water. His first time in Warm Springs was October 1924. He went to a resort in the town whose attraction was a permanent 88-degree natural spring, but the Meriwether Inn was described as “ramshackle”. He had a cottage built in 1932 that became famous as the Little White House, where Roosevelt lived while president, because of his paralytic illness. He died there in 1945 and it is now a public museum. Roosevelt first came in the 1920s in hopes that the warm water would improve his paraplegia. He was a constant visitor for two decades, and renamed the town from Bullochville to Warm Springs. The town is still home to the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation (Roosevelt’s former polio hospital) which remains a world-renowned comprehensive rehabilitation center including a physical rehabilitation hospital and vocational rehabilitation unit. Thomas M. Humphrey was one of the children treated for polio at the Institute during the 1940s. The springs are not available for public use as a bath/spa resort, but they are used by the Roosevelt Institute for therapeutic purposes. - From Wikipedia

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