FDR's Fireside Chats

by Russell D. Buhite (editor), David W. Levy (Editor)

The first complete collection of FDR's historic conversations with the American people, this volume contains the entire texts of the 31 "fireside chats" that Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered over the radio during his 13 years as president, and with which he reassured and mobilized millions of listeners.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, American History

352 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1992

Reviews

[Marilyn]

After our visit to NYC, we rented a van and drop up the Hudson River Valley to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Presidential Library/Home on 14 Aug 2014. The book I selected from the shop was published at the University of Oklahoma Press - back home in Norman OK. How ironic that I had to travel that far to find this book.

“On 31 occasions during his presidency, Franklin Delano Roosevelt went on radio to talk things over with the people of the United States. Those fireside chats, characterized by a disarming frankness and an informal and conversational tone, represent an unprecedented presidential attempt to achieve intimacy with the nation.”