| International Standard Book Number |
9781668023693
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| International Standard Book Number |
1668023695
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| Personal Name |
Steinmetz, Greg, author.
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| Title Statement |
The president and the oligarch : Roosevelt, Mellon, and the triumph of big government / Greg Steinmetz.
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| Edition Statement |
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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| Imprint |
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xiv, 353 pages ; 23 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"By any measure, Franklin D. Roosevelt is one our most admired presidents. But behind the beaming smile and folksy fireside chats wasa ruthless politician willing to use the massive powers of the federal government to crush his enemies. In this thrilling expose, Greg Steinmetz recounts how FDR targeted America's third-richest man to prove his progressive credentials and rally support for his sweeping social agenda. He found his scapegoat in former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon. Mellon's name dripped riches. More than any other, it symbolized the Roaring Twenties economic boom and the crack up that followed. FDR publicly blamed Mellon for the Great Depression, usinghim as a convenient diversion from the New Deal's failure to bring jobs back to a devastated economy. Roosevelt tortured the aging, frail and reclusive Mellon, cooking up a fake criminal charge in a bid to put him behind bars. When that fizzled, Roosevelt kept up the fight by making Mellon miserable in tax court. Mellon died before the verdict but not until, one final, jaw dropping twist occurred in thisstrange clash of titans"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William), 1855-1937
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Rich people.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
New Deal, 1933-1939.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Political persecution.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Politics and government 1933-1945.
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