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Loading... The First Thousand Days, 1933-1936by Harold L. Ickes
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Three volumes is a lot to go through, but well worth it for a great insider account of the Roosevelt administration, from inauguration through Pearl Harbor. Ickes was Secretary of the Interior, among other administrative posts, throughout FDR's presidency and into Truman's. He's a bit of a fusspot, but I'm also a John Adams admirer so that doesn't bother me. He describes vividly Roosevelt's inspiring public leadership as well as his blatant manipulation of the people who worked for him. An ongoing subplot is Ickes's attempt to have the Forest Service moved from the Agriculture Department to Interior; FDR kept promising to do it, but never did, and it's still there! no reviews | add a review
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.917History and Geography North America United States 1901- Roosevelt Through Truman Administrations F.D. RooseveltLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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