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Warm Springs – – From Beyond Our Days. The Epic of a Famous Georgia Village

First edition presumed, n. d. (1940s); 5 3/4 x 4 1/2; pp. 1-17; blue wraps, tied witha decorative, silk string, printed and ruled in black; a few small creases and a minor spot to back wrap; in about very good condition.A concise history of Warm Springs, Georgia, the booklet specifically focused on the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation - a hydrotherapeutic center, established in July of 1927 by Franklin D. Roosevelt for the treatment of the after-effects of polio victims. The president himself had contracted a paralythic illness in 1921 and spent his rehabilitation time in Warm Springs, even building a cottage there in 1932, which would become known as the Little White House.