Franklin D. Roosevelt: Launching the New Deal

Launching the New Deal continues Frank Freidel's definitive biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this fourth volume, Freidel follows Roosevelt from election night 1932 through the first summer of the New Deal. The author documents Roosevelt's political skill and shows how his buoyant personality helped to revitalize the presidency and arouse the enthusiasm of a dispirited American public. Launching the New Deal is a worthy addition to the series about which fellow historian Oscar Handlin has said, "It will undoubtedly by a definitive biography and should interest all those concerned with the man and the events he helped to shape."

Contains black-and-white photographs. Includes Index and Bibliographical Notes.

Frank Freidel is Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard.