{"product_id":"9781402260100","title":"Together We Cannot Fail: FDR and the American Presidency in Years of Crisis (Enhanced Edition)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"While listening to the audio, readers will be struck by Roosevelt's immense oratory skills. In his famous 'fireside  chats,' the president adopted a down-to-earth, fatherly tone, but when the  occasion demanded it, he could thunderously deliver such lines as, 'this generation  of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.' A fine contextualization of Roosevelt's life and times.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn uncommon portrait of Roosevelt's  presidency, in words, photographs, and his own voice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis vivid portrait shows a nation at its best and at its  worst, through the lens of a president's words during the first presidency  truly impacted by the media age. An FDR biography unlike any other, \u003cstrong\u003eTogether We  Cannot Fail\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a new view of Roosevelt's transformation of an insular America into  the world's most revered and feared superpower. An exclusive accompanying CD  integrates with the biography to reveal in his own words how he led the nation  through the Great Depression and World War II to its \"rendezvous with destiny.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorian Terry Golway brings alive how Roosevelt saved America from  its worst fears\u003cbr\u003e  and led the nation to victory in a cataclysmic world war and  by doing so forever changed\u003cbr\u003e  how Americans live and view themselves. Crafted from Roosevelt's own stirring words, this unique biography  shows how he invented and established the practice of the media presidency with  his famous fireside chats, the first presidential speeches broadcast nationally  from the White House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHear FDR speak to the nation in 30 famous speeches on an  exclusive audio CD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor twelve tumultuous presidential years, Roosevelt  regularly spoke to the American people, this man of wealth and privilege giving  voice to the downtrodden's American Dream. The first in a long line of media  presidencies, Roosevelt's innate ability to  connect with the people remains the standard by which even the best of  them—Kennedy, Reagan, and Obama alike—are judged. Roosevelt's  words would define a remarkable presidency that faced and overcame the  country's worst economic crisis and a war to end all wars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTogether We Cannot Fail\u003c\/strong\u003e brings the president and his era to  life like no other biography, combining the insight of noted historian Terry  Golway with Roosevelt's own voice in audio  excerpts from his most memorable speeches and chats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140429594864,"sku":"9781402260100","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781402260100_p0.jpg?v=1763715096","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781402260100","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}