To Jennifer friend colleague and fellow history enthusiast Leslie For Magnus Joli and Milo Victor
hot diggity dog Eleanor Roosevelt really liked hot dogs She liked to eat them and she liked to cook them up on the grill In her family she was famous for her hot dog roasts But when her husband Franklin was elected president of the United States there wasn’t much time for hot dog roasts
Times were tough in the United States in the 1930s Many people were without jobs food or even a place to live The president was working hard to make things better Since he couldn’t walk or move about easily he counted on Eleanor to travel around the country for him