Happy Days Are Here Again: The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergence of FDR - and How America Was Changed Forever

by Steve Neal

Political conventions in years past were more than pep rallies for preselected candidates -- they were suspenseful, no-holds-barred battles for the nomination. In 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the man who would become one of America's most beloved presidents, was far from a shoo-in for the Democratic nomination at the party's convention in Chicago. Using new sources of information, award-winning reporter Steve Neal weaves the compelling story of how FDR finally got the nod along with the personalities of the day who influenced the decision, including Joseph P. Kennedy, Al Smith, Huey Long, and William Randolph Hearst.

Genres: History, Politics, Nonfiction, Historical, Presidents

386 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

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Born in 1949, Steve Neal earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University. During his career in journalism, he worked for a number of newspapers, most notably as a political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times.