Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance That Created the Modern Democratic Party

by Terry Golway

Book Overview

"This is history told the old-fashioned way. The book is only as long as it needs to be, the adroit narrative full of heroes (Smith, Roosevelt, big-city Democratic bosses) and villains (William Randolph Hearst, William Jennings Bryan, the Ku Klux Klan). The scenes are vivid and the anecdotes plentiful." --The Wall Street Journal

"Frank & Al is the latest of Mr. Golway's several captivating books on New York politics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250089646
• ISBN13: 9781250089649
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"