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- catalog abstract """The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." These are some of the most famous, the most quoted, and the best remembered words in American political history. They seem to be a natural expression of American democratic will, yet these words from Franklin Roosevelt's first inaugural address had an actual author who struggled with how best to express that thought - and it was not the new president. In this book on the crafting of this crucial speech, Davis W. Houck leads the reader from its negative, mechanical, and Hooverian first draft through its final revision, its delivery, and the responses of those who were inspired by it during those troubled times." "Houck's analysis, dramatic and at points riveting, focuses on three themes: how the speech came to be written; an explication of the text itself; and its reception. Drawing on the writings and memories of several people who were present in the crowd at the inauguration, Houck shows how powerfully the new president's speech affected those who were there or who heard it on the radio. Some were so moved by Roosevelt's delivery that they would have been willing to make him a dictator, and many believed such inspired words could have come only from a divine source." "Houck then flashes back to the final year of the 1932 presidential campaign to show how Raymond Moley, the principal architect of the address, came to be trusted by Roosevelt to craft this important speech. Houck traces the relationships of Moley with Roosevelt and Roosevelt's influential confidante, Louis Howe, who was responsible for important changes in the speech's later drafts, including the famous aphorism."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12581344.
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description """The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." These are some of the most famous, the most quoted, and the best remembered words in American political history. They seem to be a natural expression of American democratic will, yet these words from Franklin Roosevelt's first inaugural address had an actual author who struggled with how best to express that thought - and it was not the new president. In this book on the crafting of this crucial speech, Davis W. Houck leads the reader from its negative, mechanical, and Hooverian first draft through its final revision, its delivery, and the responses of those who were inspired by it during those troubled times."".
- catalog description ""Houck then flashes back to the final year of the 1932 presidential campaign to show how Raymond Moley, the principal architect of the address, came to be trusted by Roosevelt to craft this important speech. Houck traces the relationships of Moley with Roosevelt and Roosevelt's influential confidante, Louis Howe, who was responsible for important changes in the speech's later drafts, including the famous aphorism."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Houck's analysis, dramatic and at points riveting, focuses on three themes: how the speech came to be written; an explication of the text itself; and its reception. Drawing on the writings and memories of several people who were present in the crowd at the inauguration, Houck shows how powerfully the new president's speech affected those who were there or who heard it on the radio. Some were so moved by Roosevelt's delivery that they would have been willing to make him a dictator, and many believed such inspired words could have come only from a divine source."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159) and index.".
- catalog description "March 4, 1933 -- September 22, 1932 -- November 8, 1932 -- November 22, 1932 -- February 12-13, 1933 -- February 15-17, 1933 -- February 27-28, 1933 -- February 28-March 3, 1933 -- March 4, 1933 : final scene -- Postscript.".
- catalog extent "xii, 166 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "FDR and fear itself.".
- catalog identifier "158544197X (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "1585441988 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "FDR and fear itself.".
- catalog isPartOf "Library of presidential rhetoric".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "FDR and fear itself.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1933-1945.".
- catalog subject "352.23/86/097309043 21".
- catalog subject "E742.5 .R65 2002".
- catalog subject "Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Friends and associates.".
- catalog subject "Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Oratory.".
- catalog subject "Speeches, addresses, etc., American.".
- catalog tableOfContents "March 4, 1933 -- September 22, 1932 -- November 8, 1932 -- November 22, 1932 -- February 12-13, 1933 -- February 15-17, 1933 -- February 27-28, 1933 -- February 28-March 3, 1933 -- March 4, 1933 : final scene -- Postscript.".
- catalog title "FDR and fear itself : the first inaugural address / Davis W. Houck.".
- catalog type "text".