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The Resource America 1933 : the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the shaping of the New Deal, Michael Golay

America 1933 : the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the shaping of the New Deal, Michael Golay

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Summary
  • The first account of the remarkable 18-month journey of Lorena Hickok, intimate friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, throughout the country during the worst of the Great Depression, bearing witness to the unprecedented ravages; an indelible portrait of an unprecedented crisis
  • "During the harshest year of the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, a top woman news reporter of the day and intimate friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, was hired by FDR's right-hand man Harry Hopkins to embark upon a grueling journey to the hardest-hit areas of the country to report back on the degree of devastation. Distinguished historian Michael Golay draws on a trove of original sources--including the moving, remarkably intimate, almost daily letters between Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt--as he re-creates that extraordinary journey. Hickok traveled by car almost nonstop for eighteen months, from January 1933 to August 1934, surviving hellish dust storms, rebellions by coal workers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and a near revolution by Midwest farmers. A brilliant observer, Hickok wrote searing and deeply empathetic reports to Hopkins and letters to Mrs. Roosevelt that comprise an unparalleled record of the worst economic disaster in the history of the country. Historically important, they crucially influenced the scope and strategy of the Roosevelt administration's unprecedented relief efforts. America 1933 reveals Hickok's pivotal contribution to the policies of the New Deal and sheds light on her intense but ill-fated relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and the forces that inevitably came between them."--Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Extent
xvi, 316 pages
Contents
  • The stricken South
  • Empire of misery
  • Epilogue: Prospects
  • Prologue: Muffled figures, bitter winds
  • View to a New Deal
  • Part of the story
  • Coal country
  • Strandees
  • The ghosts of Wall Street
  • America's Siberia
  • "The richest village in the world"
Isbn
9781439196014
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America 1933 : the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the shaping of the New Deal
Title
America 1933
Title remainder
the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the shaping of the New Deal
Statement of responsibility
Michael Golay
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • The first account of the remarkable 18-month journey of Lorena Hickok, intimate friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, throughout the country during the worst of the Great Depression, bearing witness to the unprecedented ravages; an indelible portrait of an unprecedented crisis
  • "During the harshest year of the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, a top woman news reporter of the day and intimate friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, was hired by FDR's right-hand man Harry Hopkins to embark upon a grueling journey to the hardest-hit areas of the country to report back on the degree of devastation. Distinguished historian Michael Golay draws on a trove of original sources--including the moving, remarkably intimate, almost daily letters between Hickok and Eleanor Roosevelt--as he re-creates that extraordinary journey. Hickok traveled by car almost nonstop for eighteen months, from January 1933 to August 1934, surviving hellish dust storms, rebellions by coal workers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and a near revolution by Midwest farmers. A brilliant observer, Hickok wrote searing and deeply empathetic reports to Hopkins and letters to Mrs. Roosevelt that comprise an unparalleled record of the worst economic disaster in the history of the country. Historically important, they crucially influenced the scope and strategy of the Roosevelt administration's unprecedented relief efforts. America 1933 reveals Hickok's pivotal contribution to the policies of the New Deal and sheds light on her intense but ill-fated relationship with Eleanor Roosevelt and the forces that inevitably came between them."--Publisher's description
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1951-
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Golay, Michael
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Hickok, Lorena A
  • Hickok, Lorena A
  • Hickok, Lorena A
  • Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
  • Investigative reporting
  • United States
  • Depressions
  • United States
  • United States
  • Journalisme d'enquête
  • États-Unis
  • Crises économiques
  • États-Unis
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • Depressions
  • Economic history
  • Investigative reporting
  • Social conditions
  • United States
  • Depression
  • New Deal
  • Sozialpolitik
Label
America 1933 : the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the shaping of the New Deal, Michael Golay
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The stricken South
  • Empire of misery
  • Epilogue: Prospects
  • Prologue: Muffled figures, bitter winds
  • View to a New Deal
  • Part of the story
  • Coal country
  • Strandees
  • The ghosts of Wall Street
  • America's Siberia
  • "The richest village in the world"
Control code
800031943
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Extent
xvi, 316 pages
Isbn
9781439196014
Lccn
2012041139
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
40022460554
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)800031943
Label
America 1933 : the Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the shaping of the New Deal, Michael Golay
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The stricken South
  • Empire of misery
  • Epilogue: Prospects
  • Prologue: Muffled figures, bitter winds
  • View to a New Deal
  • Part of the story
  • Coal country
  • Strandees
  • The ghosts of Wall Street
  • America's Siberia
  • "The richest village in the world"
Control code
800031943
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Extent
xvi, 316 pages
Isbn
9781439196014
Lccn
2012041139
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other control number
40022460554
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)800031943

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