Franklin D. Roosevelt: Launching the New Deal

"launching the New Deal is the forth volume of Frank Freidel's definitive life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this latest book, Prof. Freidel follows Roosevelt from election night, 1932, through the first summer of the New Deal in 1933. He defines the envigorating character of Roosevelt's presidency; how the strength of Roosevelt's personality--his courage and buoyant optimism--revitalized the office of President and aroused the enthusiasm of the American Public."