FDR: The New York Years 1928-1933
Davis, prize-winning historian of FDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, 18821928, continues his interpretive, multi-volume biography with a rich, expansive account of Roosevelt's New York governorship and his election to the presidency by a Depression-wracked nation. While covering the controversies of FDR's two Albany terms (electric power, Tammany corruption, etc.), Davis gives us the New Deal leader in the making, a much-underrated charmer, mastering the arts of politics and publicity, open to new experiences, and convinced his actions were intended by God. There are incisive views, too, of the "hurt, love-seeking" Eleanor; of Louis Howe, FDR's sickly, tormented and indispensable alter ego; and of the growing "Brains Trust." Davis, a gifted writer and member of the New Deal administration, makes this a compelling tale that will appeal to readers of popular history. November 26Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.