- Politics and government, Wahl, Presidents, New Deal, 1933-1939
This is the story of a political miracle--the perfect match of man and moment. FDR took office in 1933 as America touched bottom. Banks were closing, millions of people lost everything--the Great Depression had caused a national breakdown.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Jonathan Alter
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster, Audio Partners, The, The Audio Partners
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781572705548
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“BEFORE MAN MET MOMENT in 1933, there was little on the public record to recommend Franklin Roosevelt as a world-class leader.”
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