{"product_id":"book-fwtg","title":"Roosevelt Sweeps Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning historian David Pietrusza boldly steers clear of the past narrative regarding Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented 1936 reelection landslide, weaving an enormously more intricate, ever more surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America's most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, at the very top of his Machiavellian game; and the unlocking of the puzzle of how our society, our politics, and our parties fitfully reinvented themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith in-depth examinations of rabble-rousing Democratic US Senator Huey Long and his assassination before he was able to challenge FDR; powerful, but hated newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, who blasted FDR's \"Raw Deal\"; wildly popular, radical radio host Father Coughlin; the steamrolled passage of Social Security and backlash against it; the era's racism and anti-Semitism; American Socialism and Communism; and a Supreme Court seemingly bent on dismantling the New Deal altogether, \u003cem\u003eRoosevelt Sweeps Nation\u003c\/em\u003e is a vivid portrait of a dynamic Depression-Era America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrafting his account from an impressive and unprecedented collection of primary and secondary sources, Pietrusza has produced an engrossing, original, and authoritative account of an election, a president, and a nation at the crossroads. The nation's stakes were high … and the parallels hauntingly akin to today's dangerously strife-ridden political and culture wars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49289613050160,"sku":"BDfwtg","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49289613082928,"sku":"ZEfwtg","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49289613115696,"sku":"ZMfwtg","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/fwtg-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782424323","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-fwtg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}