FDR's fireside chats
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FDR's fireside chats
University of Oklahoma Press, c1992
1st ed
Available at 7 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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On 31 occasions during his presidency, Franklin Delano Roosevelt went on the radio to talk things over with the people of the US. Those "fireside chats", characterised by a disarming frankness and an informal and conversational tone, represent an unprecedented presidential attempt to achieve intimacy with the nation. The American people listened as President Roosevelt discussed virtually every major problem facing the US at home and abroad, touching upon all the issues surrounding the Depression and the New Deal, and upon the events, fears and hopes that are part of the American experience of World War II. This text is a collection of these speeches.
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