The time has finally come to return to the United States and kickoff the history of the New Deal. But what would the New Deal be without the blue-blooded president with the gumption to defy convention? Today starts a quick two-parter covering the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt up to his election to the presidency in 1932. 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Smith, Jean Edward FDR Random House 2008
2. Dallek, Robert Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life Viking 2017
3. Simon, James F. FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal Simon & Schuster 2012

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