FDR: The New Deal Years 1933-1937 A History

Davis, Kenneth S.

ISBN 10: 0394527534 / ISBN 13: 9780394527536

Published by Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1986

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hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is very good to near fine,slight wrinkling at ends of spine,happy birthday dad on second blank page,first edition stated. Seller Inventory # 14507

Bibliographic Details

Title: FDR: The New Deal Years 1933-1937 A History

Publisher: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

The third volume in the author's series on America under Roosevelt explores the effects of the 1929 Depression on the United States and explains in detail the presidential decisions designed to combat it

About the Author:

A biographer of Eisenhower, Lindbergh, and Adlai Stevenson as well as a novelist, Kenneth S. Davis was awarded the prestigious Francis Parkman Prize forFDR: The Beckoning of Destiny, which was also a nominee for the National Book Award. In addition, his next two volumes on FDR were both chosen as among the ten best books of the year byThe New York Times.

A graduate of Kansas State University, with a master of science degree from the University of Wisconsin and an honorary doctorate of letters from Assumption College, Davis was a journalism instructor at New York University, a war correspondent attached to General Eisenhower's headquarters, special assistant to Milton Eisenhower, the president of Kansas State University, a member of the State Department's UNESCO relations staff, editor of The Newberry Library Bulletin in Chicago, adjunct professor of English at Clark University, and an adjunct professor of history at both Kansas University and Kansas State University. Kenneth S. Davis died in June 1999.