This was recorded in clifton park, new york. It is about an hour and 10 minutes. Good morning everyone. Welcome to the clifton park has halfmoon public library. We are very pleased to have David Pietrusza to talk about his latest book 1948 Harry Trumans improbable victory and the year that transformed america. David is the author of a number of books and he is here to talk about his book about 1920 the year of six president s, 1960 lbj versus jfk versus nixon, and ted williams my life of pictures. He has also written and produced a wma hq documentary local heroes, baseball and Capital District diamonds. Reviewed for his hairy german book talk about how likely it is, eliminating portraits of portrait support candidates and the evenhanded appraisal of truman is especially compelling. The journey he takes is to election day is one he is definitively lead in his past his work has been compared to theodore whites classic them a king of the president series. After three stayed home runs by t
Professor Michael Davis looks at the 1944 president ial election between democrat franklin roosevelt, seeking an unprecedented fourth term, and his republican challenger, thomas dewey. With the u. S. And its allies approaching victory in world war ii, president roosevelt had a relatively easy victory over thomas dewey, who mainly campaigned against new deal programs and for smaller government. President roosevelt would die in office six months after being reelected, and Vice President harry truman became the 33rd president of the United States. Liberty university is in lynchburg, virginia. This class is just under an hour. All right, well, we will get started. And lets go ahead and open with a word of prayer and then well see what we can get into today. Heavenly father, thank you for today. Thank you for this class. Thank you for your love and mercy. I pray that youd forgive us of our sins. I pray that you would be with the class as they finish up this semester. So much busyness and ac
Is two hours. This is American History television. I stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your costs and that your cause and that of democracy. [applause] i expect the republicans Wendell Willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some damages some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with david willkie. I want you to introduce the cabinet audiences of some of the fervor. Your grandfather ran for president and try to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. He was always interested in politics, even from growing up in his hometown. He talked about it in his life, in his childhood with his parents, when they got to college it was always an integral part of its life. Its life. We are in russellville, indiana, one of the homes of Wendell Willkie. Russia wilhville, indiana, one of the homes of Wendell Willkie. Homes of Wendell Willkie. This is a wooden post card sent to the United
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Historian and author Richard Norton smith is working on a new biography of gerald ford. We caught up with him at his homing in grand rapids home in grand rapids, michigan. A Baptist Missionary put down roots, and a year or two later on the east side a friend be frenchspeaking intend tour showed up who was eager to sell liquor to the indians to save their sols, and it their souls, and it set the pattern ps in some ways for the two faces of grand rapids, west side and east side. Both sides of the river banks more for most of the 19th and 20th century were covered over with factories, furniture factories, back when grand rapids was the furniture capital of the United States. Theyre gone now, but the city that has replaced them in many ways was seated by that building, the ford museum was seeded by that building, the ford museum, which was opened in 1981, located downtown at president fords insistence in the hope that it might, in fact, spark the beginnings of an urban renewal, a genuine u