Happy Days Are Here Again - The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence of FDR and How America

Informationen zum Autor Steve Neal, a longtime political columnist for the Chicago Sun Times , is the author of ten books, including Harry and Ike: The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World , Dark Horse: A Biography of Wendell L. Willkie , and Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry Truman . Mr. Neal died in February 2004. Zusammenfassung Political conventions in years past were more than pep rallies for preselected candidates -- they were suspenseful, no-holds-barred battles for the nomination. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the man who would become one of America's most beloved presidents, was far from a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination at the party's convention in Chicago. Using new sources of information, award-winning reporter Steve Neal weaves the compelling story of how FDR finally got the nod along with the personalities of the day who influenced the decision, including Joseph P. Kennedy, Al Smith, Huey Long, and William Randolph Hearst.

Product details

• Authors: Steve Neal, Steven Neal, Neal Steve
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.08.2005
• EAN: 9780060013776
• ISBN: 978-0-06-001377-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / State, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE: American Government / Local