{"product_id":"i-never-did-like-politics-how-fiorello-la-guardia-became-americas-mayor-and-why-he-still-matters-hardcover","title":"I Never Did Like Politics: How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's Mayor, and Why He Still Matters - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Golway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In our current dismal passage of American politics, it's exhilarating to read about a politician who exemplified all the qualities--courage, honesty, vision, energy, disdain for hypocrisy, concern for the downtrodden--that we were taught to revere....Remarkable.\" --\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians--on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah. Almost one hundred years later, America is once again grappling with issues that would have been familiar to the Little Flower, as he was affectionately known. It's time to bring back LaGuardia, argues historian and journalist Terry Golway, to remind us all what an effective municipal officer (as he preferred to call himself) can achieve... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGolway examines LaGuardia's extraordinary career through four essential qualities: As a patriot, a dissenter, a leader, and a statesman. He needed them all when he stood against the nativism, religious and racial bigotry, and reactionary economic policies of the 1920s, and again when he faced the realities of Depression-era New York and the rise of fascism at home and abroad in the 1930s. Just before World War II, the Roosevelt administration formally apologized to the Nazis when LaGuardia referred to Hitler as a \"brown-shirted fanatic.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere was nobody quite like Fiorello LaGuardia. In this immensely readable book, as entertaining as the man himself, Terry Golway captures the enduring appeal of one of America's greatest leaders.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerry Golway\u003c\/b\u003e was a senior editor at POLITICO and the author of several works of history, including \u003ci\u003eFrank and Al \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMachine Made. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has been a columnist and city editor at the\u003ci\u003e New York Observer, \u003c\/i\u003ea member of the editorial board of\u003ci\u003e the New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and a columnist for the\u003ci\u003e Irish Echo. \u003c\/i\u003eHe holds a Ph.D. in U.S. History from Rutgers University and has taught at the New School, New York University, and the College of Staten Island\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.43 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53734236455276,"sku":"9781250285782","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/3019\/6844\/files\/2c91acd94cdd8d52c9c172ebc3f68ea7.webp?v=1778355056","url":"https:\/\/pattansenterprise.com\/products\/i-never-did-like-politics-how-fiorello-la-guardia-became-americas-mayor-and-why-he-still-matters-hardcover","provider":"Pattansenterprise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}