I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters by Golway, Terry

I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters

A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America's greatest politicians--a source of inspiration for our equally challenging...
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Author: Terry Golway
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I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters by Golway, Terry

I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters

$65.68

I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters

$65.68
Author: Terry Golway
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America's greatest politicians--a source of inspiration for our equally challenging times...

Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians--on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah. Almost one hundred years later, America is once again grappling with issues that would have been familiar to the Little Flower, as he was affectionately known. It's time to bring back LaGuardia, argues historian and journalist Terry Golway, to remind us all what an effective municipal officer (as he preferred to call himself) can achieve...

Golway examines LaGuardia's extraordinary career through four essential qualities: As a patriot, a dissenter, a leader, and a statesman. He needed them all when he stood against the nativism, religious and racial bigotry, and reactionary economic policies of the 1920s, and again when he faced the realities of Depression-era New York and the rise of fascism at home and abroad in the 1930s. Just before World War II, the Roosevelt administration formally apologized to the Nazis when LaGuardia referred to Hitler as a "brown-shirted fanatic."

There was nobody quite like Fiorello LaGuardia. In this immensely readable book, as entertaining as the man himself, Terry Golway captures the enduring appeal of one of America's greatest leaders.

Author: Terry Golway
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 02/20/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250285782


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2023 pg. 19

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