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Amity Shlaes talked about her book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, in which she examines the financial history of the Great Depression and critiques the New Deal. …

Lucinda Franks talked about her book, Timeless: Love, Morgenthau, and Me. The 2015 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Read…

Christopher O’Sullivan talked about his book, Harry Hopkins: FDR’s Envoy to Churchill and Stalin. The 2015 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Li…

Susan Butler talked about her book, Roosevelt and Stalin: Portrait of a Partnership, about the relationship between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Soviet Union’s Joseph Stalin. In h…

Michael Golay talked about his book, America 1933: The Great Depression, Lorena Hickok, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Shaping of the New Deal, in which he tells the story of Ms. Hickok, who was…

David Cross talked about his book, Chasing History: One Man’s Road Trip Through the Presidential Libraries, in which he tells the story of his journey through the U.S. to visit the thirteen …

David Kaiser talked about his book, No End Save Victory: How FDR Led the Nation into War, in which he chronicles President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s preparations for World War II and America’s…

Joseph Persico talked about his book, Roosevelt' s Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II. The 2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roose…

Susan Dunn talked about her book, 1940: FDR, Wilkie, Lindbergh, Hitler - the Election Amid the Storm. The 2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential L…

Christopher O’Sullivan talked about his book, FDR and the End of Empire: The Origins of American Power in the Middle East. The 2013 Roosevelt Reading Festival was held by the Franklin D. Roo…

Susan Dunn talked about her book, Roosevelt’s Purge: How FDR Fought to Change the Democratic Party. She responded to questions from members of the audience. The eighth annual Roosevelt Read…

Pulitzer Prize-winning Roosevelt scholar James MacGregor Burns talked with his former student at Williams College, presidential historian and NBC News commentator Michael Beschloss. Topics i…

Presidential biographers and historians Robert Caro, Bob Clark, and Ted Sorensen discussed their research and writings on former Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F.…

The second in a series on presidential libraries focused on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s life and career through rarely seen film and sound recordings, as well as letters, documents and artifacts…