Al Smith and his America
by Handlin, Oscar
Series: The Library of American biography Published by : Little, Brown and Company (Boston, Mass.) Physical details: x, 207 p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 - 999 | 923.273 Han (Browse shelf) | Available | Gift | 45577 |
A stage for life --
The business of government --
Approaches to leadership --
The way up --
Chief executive --
The big prize --
The outsiders --
A world unknown.
Let's look at the record, as Al Smith used to say. Born into the Fourth Ward of the lower East side of New York, he belonged to an Irish immigrant community for whom ward politics was the only ladder leading upward to prestige and success. A short study, not only of Al Smith as a personality, but also of his relation to the broad sweep of events of which he was a part. Al Smith lives in many memories, but until now he has never really come alive in the historians' pages.
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