The era of Franklin D.Roosevelt and the New Deal was a time of depression and despair, economic rebirth and renewal, and mobilization for a war in both the East and the West. Richard Polenberg's intro
Polenberg (American history, Cornell U.) provides an introduction to Roosevelt's political career and legacy, but the majority of this volume consists of documents ranging from his campaign speeches,
Thomas A. Edison remains rooted in the popular imagination primarily as the inventor of the practical electric light, but he also continues to function in the lexicons of advertising and politics as a
