04159cam a2200505 a 4500 32421 BJBSDDR 20260603101445.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 060126s2006 nyuaf b 001 0beng 2006042262 0743246004 (alk. paper) 9780743246002 14241767 (OCoLC)ocm63680088 DLC DLC BAKER IOS C#P BUR DLC eng eng n-us--- 002 E 807 R781A 2006 973.917092 Alter, Jonathan H., 1957- 30251 The defining moment : FDR's hundred days and the triumph of hope / Jonathan Alter. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2006. xvi, 415 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-395) and index. 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. 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. Journalist Alter brings us closer than ever before to the Roosevelt magic. Facing the gravest crisis since the Civil War, instead of circumventing Congress and becoming the dictator so many thought they needed, FDR used his cagey political instincts and ebullient temperament in the storied first Hundred Days of his presidency to pull off a conjuring act that lifted the country and saved both democracy and capitalism. Alter shows us how a snobbish and apparently lightweight young aristocrat was forged into an incandescent leader by his domineering mother; his independent wife; his eccentric top adviser, Louis Howe; and his ally-turned-bitter-rival, Al Smith.--From publisher description. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 5031 Presidents United States Biography. Presidentes Estados Unidos Biografías 1537 New Deal, 1933-1939 7990 Presidents United States Election 1932. Presidentes Estados Unidos Elecciones 1932 7197 United States Politics and government 1933-1945. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 1933-1945 42211 United States Economic policy 1933-1945. Estados Unidos Política económica 1933-1945 840 United States Social conditions 1933-1945. Estados Unidos Condiciones sociales 1933-1945 2124 Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2006042262-d.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2006042262-s.html Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0640/2006042262-t.html lcc BK 5220 5220 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-04 0 002 E 807 R781A 2006 00000034991 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 BK