a history of the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid New York that produced the "Miracle on Ice." This book explains how Lake Placid struggled to produce the games and how it was a miracle itself that the small village was selected to host the games

A Long Shot to Glory: How Lake Placid Saved the Winter Olympics and Restored the Nation's Pride

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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in Albany: Governing New York (The History Press)

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Americas

The History Press

Just three years after he streaked past the best skaters in the world and won two gold medals in the 1932 Lake Placid Olympics, Jack Shea took a principled stand to boycott the 1936 games in Nazi Germany. His strong Christian faith and his family's close relationship with the local Jewish population led him to reject Hitler's discrimination and violence against Germany's Jews. A brilliant young athlete born and raise in Lake Placid, Shea vigorously challenged the acquiescence of Avery Brundage, President of the American Olympic Committee, and others who supported participating in the 1936 games. Shea's principled stand and his gold medal fame put him at the intersection of the on-going larger story of international politics and Olympics sports.

Keeper of the Olympic Flame: Lake Placid's Jack Shea vs. Avery Brundage and the Nazi Olympics

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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt in Albany: Governing New York

History PR

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt changed America with a government on the side of the people that put Americans back to work and inspired confidence that the nation could overcome the Great Depression. This is the story of their progressive legacy when FDR was Governor during the era of Prohibition and the advent of radio in the Roaring Twenties, a decade that ended with the Great Depression upending life for most Americans. This is the story of how as Governor of New York he tried the programs that became the New Deal that transformed America. It was the place where his warm, easily relatable voice heard on the radio for the first time created a bond of trust with the public that inspired confidence at a time of great fear.

Franklin and Eleanor in New York: The Progressive Agenda for Security and Prosperity That Became the New Deal

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