Book Title: Frank & Al: Democratic Party /H
ISBN: 9781250089649
By Author(s):TERRY GOLWAY
By Publisher:HOLTZBRINCK US
Format:HC
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. He delivers once again, with a timely narrative on the centennial of Smith's first election as governor. --The New York Times
The tangled, tragic story of Al Smith and Franklin Roosevelt is one of the great tales of American politics, and Terry Golway has told it beautifully. This is a joyous book... an especially important book now. --Joe Klein
I highly recommend this fascinating and enlightening book. --Franklin D. Roosevelt, III
Beautifully written...The book is must reading for anyone interested in the history of American politics and the rise of the country's welfare state. --Robert Dallek, author of An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963