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ROOSEVELT, Franklin, Delano (1882-1945) On Our Way. New York: The John Day Company, 1934.
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ROOSEVELT, Franklin, Delano (1882-1945) On Our Way. New York: The John Day Company, 1934.
A presentation copy of the first edition of Roosevelt’s account of the first year of his administration and the objectives of the New Deal. Inscribed on the first blank, “For C. Edgar Brown / from Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Brown was on Roosevelt’s campaign staff in 1932; he later recalled being advised by Louis Howe “You’re nobody. Your name means nothing. Your face means nothing. So I don’t want to catch you or anyone else crowding himself into the picture to get some personal publicity. But the thing you’ve got to worry about night and day, and work for night and day, is this man Roosevelt and the cause he represents” (quoted in Ward). Brown later served as the assistant to W. Neale Roach, the Democratic National Committee convention manager until 1953. Stanley Hyman interview with C. Edgar Brown, cited in A First Class Temperment: The Emergence of FDR 1905-1928 by Geoffrey Ward.
Octavo (180 x 118mm). Blue gilt-stamped morocco by Bennett, all edges gilt (a touch of rubbing to tips and upper joint). Provenance: C. Edgar Brown (inscription from Roosevelt).
A presentation copy of the first edition of Roosevelt’s account of the first year of his administration and the objectives of the New Deal. Inscribed on the first blank, “For C. Edgar Brown / from Franklin D. Roosevelt.” Brown was on Roosevelt’s campaign staff in 1932; he later recalled being advised by Louis Howe “You’re nobody. Your name means nothing. Your face means nothing. So I don’t want to catch you or anyone else crowding himself into the picture to get some personal publicity. But the thing you’ve got to worry about night and day, and work for night and day, is this man Roosevelt and the cause he represents” (quoted in Ward). Brown later served as the assistant to W. Neale Roach, the Democratic National Committee convention manager until 1953. Stanley Hyman interview with C. Edgar Brown, cited in A First Class Temperment: The Emergence of FDR 1905-1928 by Geoffrey Ward.
Octavo (180 x 118mm). Blue gilt-stamped morocco by Bennett, all edges gilt (a touch of rubbing to tips and upper joint). Provenance: C. Edgar Brown (inscription from Roosevelt).