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Description edit
Franklin Roosevelt is said to have explained Al Smith, and his own New Deal, with these words: "Practically all the things we've done in the federal government are the things Al Smith did as governor of New York." Smith, who ran for president in 1928, not only set the model for FDR, he also... read more
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People edit
- Al Smith: Add a description of this character.
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Herbert Hoover
- Katie
- Charlie Murphy
- Alfred E. Smith
- Belle Moskowitz
- Tom Foley
- John Raskob
- Frances Perkins
- Catherine
- Mcadoo
- Woodrow Wilson
- Walter Lippmann
- Emily
- Bryan
- Jimmy Walker
- Joseph Proskauer
- Bowers
- Hugh Carey
- Will Rogers
- Garner
- Jim Farley
- William Randolph Hearst
- Riordan
- Merritt
- Marshall
- Campbell
- Wadsworth
- Robinson
- Wagner
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- Tammany Hall
- America
- Albany
- United States
- Washington
- White House
- City Of New York
- Houston
- Texas
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Manhattan
- Alabama
- New York State
- Massachusetts
- Chicago
- Buffalo
- California
- Bowery
- Rome
- St. James
- Boston
- Europe
- Ireland
- Georgia
- Germany
- Virginia
- Harlem
- Wall Street
- Klan
- Lower East Side
- Indiana
- Russia
- Ohio
- Syracuse
- New York World
- Long Island
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Missouri
- San Francisco
- Kansas
- New Jersey
First Sentence edit
LIKE ALL GOOD New York stories, this one begins with a neighborhood.
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert A. Slayton (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0684863022
Page Count: 496
Publisher: Free Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0684863022
Page Count: 496
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 974.704092
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › New York
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Levels of Government › Local Government
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Northeast
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Leaders & Leadership
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Elections
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Political
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
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