Best FDR Biography?

[RooseveltTruman]

Which biography on FDR do you prefer/think is better: Jean Edwards-Smith's "FDR" or H.W. Brands's "Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"? These are pretty much the two definitive biographies on FDR, and often times I'll see one dismissed in favor of another (sometimes its said that "Traitor" is simply a rehash of "FDR"; others say "Traitor" goes more in depth than "FDR"). What do you all think?

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Read both and contrast them against each other.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Smith's book is mostly about the man and Brand's more about policy.

For general biography, Smith's is the best one volume treatment since Rex Tugwell's surprisingly good The Democratic Roosevelt. He worked for FDR and this was written while Eleanor was still alive, but is very good.

If it's him you want to read about, read Smith's.