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04608aam a22005898i 4500 001 3B8FB078DABE11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240305010131 008 230906s2024 nyu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2023036052 020 $a 125028578X 020 $a 9781250285782 035 $a (OCoLC)1375548275 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HQD $d OCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny $a n-us-ny 100 1 $a Golway, Terry, $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a I Never Did Like Politics : $b How Fiorello La Guardia Became America's mayor, and Why He Still Matters / $c Terry Golway. 246 30 $a How Fiorello La Guardia became America's mayor, and why he still matters 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2402 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2024. 300 $a vi, 295 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a New Americans -- Army Brat -- The Flying Congressman -- In Defense of Democracy -- At War, Again -- The Anti-Politician Politician -- The Immigrant's Friend -- Ideas Before Party -- Roaring Against the Twenties -- He Doth Protest -- Before He Ran City Hall -- Now We Have a Mayor -- Day in the Life of the Mayor (His First) -- Taking Command -- Model Homes -- The City Takes Flight -- Working for Justice -- Comic Relief -- Foiling Henry Ford -- Mediating Civil Rights -- The Refugees' Friend -- Final Days. 520 $a "A hugely entertaining celebration of one of America's greatest politicians--a source of inspiration for our equally challenging times....Fiorello La Guardia 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 La Guardia, argues historian and journalist Terry Golway, to remind us all what an effective municipal officer (as he preferred to call himself) can achieve....Golway examines La Guardia'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 La Guardia referred to Hitler as a "brown-shirted fanatic." There was nobody quite like Fiorello La Guardia. In this immensely readable book, as entertaining as the man himself, Terry Golway captures the enduring appeal of one of America's greatest leaders"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a La Guardia, Fiorello H. $q (Fiorello Henry), $d 1882-1947. 600 17 $a La Guardia, Fiorello H. $q (Fiorello Henry), $d 1882-1947. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00014295 610 10 $a United States. $b House $b House $v Biography. 610 17 $a United States. $b House. $b House. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00536930 648 7 $a 1898-1951 $2 fast 650 0 $a Legislators $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Mayors $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Italian Americans $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 6 $a Parlementaires $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 $z EÌtats-Unis $0 (CaQQLa)201-0070850 $v Biographies. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 650 6 $a AmeÌricains d'origine italienne $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $z New York $0 (CaQQLa)201-0468217 $v Biographies. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0378258 650 7 $a Italian Americans. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00980419 650 7 $a Legislators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Mayors. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01012869 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Politics and government $y 1898-1951. 651 0 $a New York (N.Y.) $v Biography. 651 6 $a New York (N.Y.) $x Administration $y 1898-1951. $0 (CaQQLa)201-0006364 651 7 $a New York (State) $z New York. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204333 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l DBPE173 $d 20240309010343.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20240305011801.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B8FB078DABE11EEBE8532184BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b C@VInitiate Another SILO Locator Search