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Alan Brinkley, former provost of Columbia University, recounts the life of the thirty-second president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. From his privileged childhood in upstate New York, to his education at Harvard, his brief law career and his ascendancy to the presidency. Mr. Brinkley recalls the three terms that Roosevelt served in office and the many obstacles his administration faced, namely the worst economic situation in modern American history. Alan Brinkley presents his book at the annual Roosevelt Reading Festival held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York.
Alan Brinkley
Alan Brinkley is a history professor at Columbia University where he was the Provost from 2003-2009. He is the author of several books, including Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression, which was the winner of the National Book Award.
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