A NEW DEAL
Franklin Roosevelt and America's Fight Against the Depression, 1933-1941By Robert Clarence Whitfield
Length6h 1m
About this audiobook
What happens when a nation runs out of hope?
In 1933, one in four Americans had no work. Banks were padlocked. Families lined up for bread while the richest democracy on earth teetered on collapse. Then one man gripped a radio microphone and told a terrified country it had nothing to fear but fear itself.
If the Great Depression has ever felt like a confusing blur of alphabet agencies, dry dates, and forgettable acronyms, A New Deal finally hands you the story as it actually happened — urgent, human, and impossible to put down. This is Franklin Roosevelt's fight against the Great Depression, told not as a dusty textbook, but as the high‑stakes drama it truly was.
Inside, you'll discover:
- **How FDR's first 100 days** rewrote the rules of American government — and what fearless leadership looks like under fire.
- **Why the New Deal worked (and where it failed)** — Social Security, the WPA, the TVA, and the programs still shaping your paycheck today.
- **The brutal battles behind the New Deal** — the court‑packing showdown, the Liberty League, and the enemies who tried to stop Roosevelt cold.
- **The forgotten voices** — Eleanor Roosevelt, Dust Bowl migrants, Black Americans, and workers who paid the price and demanded more.
This isn't passive history. It's a front‑row seat to how leaders act when everything is on the line — and how Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal pulled America back from the edge.
If you love sweeping, character‑driven history that reads like a thriller, A New Deal belongs on your shelf.
Scroll up, click "Buy Now," and step inside the decade that saved America.
Audiobook details
GenreOther, Biography and Memoir, Politics and Government
Length6 hrs 1 min
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Author’s Note
3Prologue: The Bank Holiday
4PART ONE: CRISIS — THE HOOVER YEARS (1929-1933)
5Chapter 1: The Crash — October 1929 and Its Aftermath
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6Chapter 2: Hoover's Response — The Limits of Conservative Government
7Chapter 3: The Bonus Army — Veterans March on Washington, 1932
8Chapter 4: FDR's Rise — The Election of 1932
9PART TWO: THE HUNDRED DAYS (1933)
10Chapter 5: The Banking Crisis and the First Fireside Chat
11Chapter 6: The Alphabet Agencies — NRA, AAA, CCC, and the New Deal Machine
12Chapter 7: Emergency Relief — FERA and the First Federal Safety Net
13Chapter 8: The First New Deal — Philosophy, Structure, and Ambition
14PART THREE: THE PROGRAMS (1933-1938)
15Chapter 9: The Second New Deal — Social Security and the Wagner Act
16Chapter 10: The WPA — Art, Culture, and the Work Relief Program
17Chapter 11: The TVA — Government Power and Regional Development
18Chapter 12: Banking Reform and the SEC — Regulating American Finance
19PART FOUR: OPPOSITION AND LIMITS
20Chapter 13: The Supreme Court Fight — FDR's Court-Packing Plan
21Chapter 14: Conservative Opposition — The Liberty League and the American Right
22Chapter 15: The Left Critique — Socialists, Communists, and Populist Challenges
23Chapter 16: The End of the New Deal — The Conservative Coalition of 1938
24PART FIVE: THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS
25Chapter 17: Eleanor Roosevelt and the New Deal's Social Conscience
26Chapter 18: Black Americans and the New Deal — The Limits of the Coalition
27Chapter 19: Labor and the New Deal — The CIO and Industrial Unionism
28Chapter 20: The Dust Bowl Migrants — Okies, California, and the Human Cost
29PART SIX: LEGACIES
30Chapter 21: Did the New Deal End the Depression?
31Chapter 22: The Welfare State — Social Security's Long Life
32Chapter 23: The Mixed Economy — Government's Permanent New Role
33Chapter 24: FDR's Legacy — The New Deal and American Liberalism
34Epilogue: What Roosevelt Built
35Acknowledgments
36Selected Bibliography
37About the Author
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