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Dream lucky
when FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the radio, and everyone wore a hat
By Orgill, Roxane
- ISBN
- 978-0-06089-750-5
- Publisher
- New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, c2008.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2008
During the depths of the Great Depression, life was harsh and forbidding for a large swath of the population. But not all was hopeless-people followed President Roosevelt's fireside chats on the radio, listened to the new swing music coming out of the heartland from such artists as Count Basie, and were inspired by events like Joe Lewis's 1938, triumph over the German boxer M...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
