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Author Levin, Linda Lotridge, 1940-

Title The making of FDR : the story of Stephen T. Early, America's first modern press secretary / Linda Lotridge Levin.

Publication Info. Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2008.

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 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  352.23 LEV    Check Shelf
Description 538 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-513) and index.
Contents The journalist meets the politician -- Mr. Early goes to war -- The 1920 campaign -- Back to the associated press -- Preparing for the White House -- Launching the Juggernaut -- The honeymoon -- Hobgoblins -- On behalf of the president -- The 1936 campaign: to stay or leave -- Court packing and other problems -- Good friends and job offers -- Moving toward world chaos -- Fatal days in Europe, decisions at home -- The Sloan affair -- "Just between us 'girls'" -- Pearl Harbor -- "Serve in silence" -- "The travelingest president" -- Morningside drive -- Extracting news from oysters -- "The great white jail" -- To Yalta and back again -- Then there was one -- The last ride.
Subject Early, Stephen T. (Stephen Tyree), 1889-1951.
Presidential press secretaries -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- Friends and associates.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Government and the press -- United States -- History.
Added Title Making of Franklin D. Roosevelt
ISBN 9781591025771
159102577X
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