Al Smith: Hero of the Cities - A Political Portrait Drawing on Papers of Frances Perkins
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo., 505 pp. Second print. Notes, bibliography, index. Black and white illustrations. Narrative of the governor who preceded FDR, who--with Frances Perkins assistance as Industrial Commissioner--shaped a state's humane response to sweatshops and immigration. His 1928 presidential campaign faced burning Ku Klux Klan crosses and harassment when he ventured outside the Northeast. After losing to Herbert Hoover he left his successor to Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt, a working government and blueprint for social reform that Roosevelt would later put to use as President. Very Good in a Very Good lightly worn and soiled price clipped dust jacket. Item #607202603
Price: $30.00