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America 1933: The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Shaping of the New Deal
By Golay, Michael
- ISBN
- 9781476709963 9781439196038
- Publisher
- Free Pr.: S & S.
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Reviewed on May 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
Golay (history, Phillips Exeter Academy; A Ruined Land: The End of the Civil War) writes of the 1933–34 cross-country trip undertaken by Lorena Hickok to evaluate and report to the new Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) on how the Great Depression was impacting ordinary families. Golay ably captures Hickok's roadwork and personality. She had been an Associated Press reporter; her friendship with Eleanor Roosevelt (E...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
