FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For information call: Clifford Laube at (845) 486-7745
The Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
presents a conversation with
David Pietrusza author of
ROOSEVELT SWEEPS NATION:
FDR’S 1936 LANDSLIDE AND THE
TRIUMPH OF THE LIBERAL IDEAL
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
at 6:00 p.m. [in-person*]
Henry A. Wallace Center at the
FDR Presidential Library and Home
CLICK HERE to register
[*local health metrics permitting]
HYDE PARK, NY -- The FDR Presidential Library and Museum will present a conversation with David Pietrusza, author of ROOSEVELT SWEEPS NATION: FDR’S 1936 LANDSLIDE AND THE TRIUMPH OF THE LIBERAL IDEAL, at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. The program will be held in the Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home. This is a free, in-person* public event, but registration is required. CLICK HERE to register. [*local health metrics permitting]
Synopsis:
In ROOSEVELT SWEEPS NATION, award-winning historian David Pietrusza explores Franklin Roosevelt’s unprecedented 1936 re-election landslide, weaving an intricate and surprising tale of a polarized nation; of America’s most complex, calculating, and politically successful president, Franklin D. Roosevelt; and the unlocking of the puzzle of how our society, our politics, and our parties reinvented themselves. With in-depth examinations of rabble-rousing Democratic US Senator Huey Long and his assassination before he was able to challenge FDR in ’36; powerful, but widely hated, newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst, who blasted FDR’s “Raw Deal”; wildly popular, radical radio commentator 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, ROOSEVELT SWEEPS NATION is a vivid portrait of Depression-era America.
David Pietrusza's books include 1920: THE YEAR OF SIX PRESIDENTS; 1932: THE RISE OF HITLER AND FDR -- TWO TALES OF POLITICS, BETRAYAL, AND UNLIKELY DESTINY; and TR'S LAST WAR: THEODORE ROOSEVELT, THE GREAT WAR, AND A JOURNEY OF TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY. He has appeared on “Morning Joe,” “The Voice of America,” The History Channel, The American Heroes Channel, ESPN, NPR, and C-SPAN. He has spoken at the Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Harry S. Truman presidential libraries and museums, the U. S. Grant Cottage State Historic Site, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and various universities, museums, libraries, and festivals. He lives in upstate New York.
Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 with questions about the event.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Designed by Franklin Roosevelt and dedicated on June 30, 1941, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is the nation's first presidential library and the only one used by a sitting president. Administered by the National Archives and Records Administration since 1941, the Library preserves and makes accessible to the American people the records of FDR's presidency. The Roosevelt Library's mission is to foster a deeper understanding of the lives and times of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and their continuing impact on contemporary life. This work is carried out through the Library's archives and research room, museum collections and exhibitions, innovative educational programs, and engaging public programming. For more information about the Library or its programs call (800) 337-8474 or visit www.fdrlibrary.org.
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