FDR’s Alphabet Soup: New Deal America 1932 – 1939 by Tonya Bolden

FDR’s Alphabet Soup: New Deal America, 1932-1939 by Tonya Bolden

Alfred A. Knopf

January 2010

136 pgs.

Summary

FDR’s New Deal, which followed the 1929 stock market crash, was a hugely influential moment in the history of the United States, encompassing everything from the arts to finance, labor to legislation, and some think it helped bring the country out of the Great Depression. Here, Tonya Bolden, writing in her trademark accessible style, creates a portrait of a time that changed American history both then and now. FDR’s First 100 Days and how the United States was changed by it then are closely examined.