I Never Did Like Politics - How Fiorello La Guardia Became America s Mayor, and Why He Still

A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America's greatest politicians-a source of inspiration for our equally challenging times...

Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians-on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah. Almost one hundred years later, America is once again grappling with issues that would have been familiar to the Little Flower, as he was affectionately known. It's time to bring back LaGuardia, argues historian and journalist Terry Golway, to remind us all what an effective municipal officer (as he preferred to call himself) can achieve...

Golway examines LaGuardia's extraordinary career through four essential qualities: As a patriot, a dissenter, a leader, and a statesman. He needed them all when he stood against the nativism, religious and racial bigotry, and reactionary economic policies of the 1920s, and again when he faced the realities of Depression-era New York and the rise of fascism at home and abroad in the 1930s. Just before World War II, the Roosevelt administration formally apologized to the Nazis when LaGuardia referred to Hitler as a "brown-shirted fanatic."

There was nobody quite like Fiorello LaGuardia. In this immensely readable book, as entertaining as the man himself, Terry Golway captures the enduring appeal of one of America's greatest leaders.

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Terry Golway

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A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America’s greatest politicians - a source of inspiration for our equally challenging times...

Product details

• Authors: Terry Golway, Golway Terry
• Publisher: Macmillan USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2024
• EAN: 9781250285782
• ISBN: 978-1-250-28578-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Biography: historical, political and military, Political leaders and leadership, Political parties and party platforms