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The Defining Moment

FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope

by Jonathan Alter

2006 415 pages eng

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 Ro…

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