Franklin D. Roosevelt: Launching the New Deal

Franklin D. Roosevelt #4

by Frank Freidel

"launching the New Deal is the forth volume of Frank Freidel's definitive life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this latest book, Prof. Freidel follows Roosevelt from election night, 1932, through the first summer of the New Deal in 1933. He defines the envigorating character of Roosevelt's presidency; how the strength of Roosevelt's personality--his courage and buoyant optimism--revitalized the office of President and aroused the enthusiasm of the American Public."

574 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

About the author

Frank Burt Freidel was a professor of history at Harvard University and the first major biographer of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He received his B.A. (1937) and M.A. (1939) from the University of Southern California before graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1942 with a doctorate in history. He taught at a number of colleges before joining the faculty of Harvard University, where he taught from 1955 until his retirement in 1981.

Reviews

[George]

Still probably the best book on this currently hot topic. Very well written, and well documented.