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The defining moment : FDR's hundred days and the triumph of hope

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The defining moment : FDR's hundred days and the triumph of hope / Jonathan Alter.
Author
Alter, Jonathan.
Publication
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
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xvi, 415 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-395) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Sunday, March 5, 1933 -- pt. 1: Lightweight steel. Security ; "My boy Franklin" ; "Miss Nancy" ; Eleanor and Sara ; Dilettante ; "The medieval gnome" ; The operator ; The "ghastly affliction" -- Warm Springs dress rehearsal ; "I've got to be it myself" -- pt. 2: The ascent: 1932. "Brother, can you spare a dime?" ; "This doesn't go for above the neck" ; "Try something" for "the forgotten man" ; The Brain Trust ; The hair-splitter ; The "corkscrew candidate" ; Off the reservation ; Flight to Chicago ; The Bonus Army ; The trial of Jimmy Walker ; "Hang Hoover!" -- pt. 3: The crisis: winter 1933. The perfect foil ; Under the mattress ; "Wooden roof" and other cabinetry ; Nearly martyred in Miami ; "Damn the secretary" ; "Gabriel over the White House" ; The hairy hand ; Reluctant First Lady ; "Like hell I will!" -- pt. 4: The Hundred Days. "Fear itself" ; The consecration ; "An injection of adrenalin" ; "Action now" ; That temperament ; Holiday spirit ; "Surpassing charm" ; That voice ; "The chief croupier" ; Roosevelt's "tree army" ; The blue eagle ; Social Security ; "Dr. New Deal" -- Appendix: Inaugural address, March 4, 1933 ; First Fireside Chat, March 12, 1933.
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IBM 06-6823
ISBN
  • 0743246004 (alk. paper)
  • 9780743246002 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2006042262
  • 9780743246002
OCLC
63680088
Author
Alter, Jonathan.
Title
The defining moment : FDR's hundred days and the triumph of hope / Jonathan Alter.
Imprint
New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-395) and index.
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