Fred L Israel

Fred L. Israel was an American historian and author specializing in U.S. political history, editing works such as 'The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, 1789-1969: Their Lives and Major Opinions' and authoring biographies like 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt' in the World Leaders Past & Present series. He wrote or edited numerous books on presidential documents, major peace treaties, and figures like Nevada's Key Pittman. Born in the Bronx, New York, in May 1927 to immigrant parents from Belarus, he passed away in 2024.