Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-262) and index

An assessment of the political and physical dangers faced by the newly elected President Roosevelt in 1933 profiles such adversaries as would-be assassin Giuseppe Zangara and populist demagogues Huey Long and Charles Coughlin

1. Lofty Aspirations -- 2. Rebuild His Broken Body -- 3.A New Deal for the American People -- 4. The Tombstone Bonus -- 5. The Forgotten Man -- 6. Warriors of the Depression -- 7. Happy Days Are Here Again -- 8. Brain Trust -- 9. Winter of Our Discontent -- 10. Year of Fear -- 11. American Mussolini and the Radio Priest -- 12. The Nourmahal Gang -- 13. Magic City -- 14.I'm All Right -- 15. Too Many People Are Starving to Death -- 16. Typical of His Breed -- 17. The Bony Hand of Death -- 18. Fear Itself -- 19. Bank Holiday -- 20.I Want to Keel All Presidents -- 21. Old Sparky -- 22.A Good Beginning -- 23. Time for Beer -- 24.A Gang of Common Criminals -- 25. Traitor to His Class -- 26.A Balanced Civilization -- 27. Hankering for Superman -- 28. That Jew Cripple in the White House -- 29. We Don't Like Her, Either -- 30. The Shifty-Eyed Little Austrian Paperhanger -- 31.A Rainbow of Colored Shirts -- 32. Maverick Marine -- 33.I Was a Racketeer for Capitalism -- 34. We Want the Gold -- 35. Coup d'État -- 36. The Bankers Gold Group -- 37. The Investigation -- 38. Are You Better Off Than You Were Last Year?

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