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Frank and Al

Frank & Al

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor
September / October 2018

September 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment

A new book by Terry Golway on the developing Democratic party through the lens of F.D.R. and Al Smith  Frank and Al: FDR, Al Smith, and the Unlikely Alliance and Epic Feud that Created the Modern Democratic Party by Terry Golway allows readers to see the massive change to the Democratic party that both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Al Smith ushered in during the mid- 20th … [Read more...] about Frank & Al

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