Biographies of Proust and Roosevelt Portray Fevered Eras
Barker surveys Franklin D. Roosevelt early in office and Schlesinger profiles Marcel Proust linking his life to his novels. Roosevelt’s first Hundred Days and the New Deal era are framed against Hoover’s shadow while Proust’s life mirrors literary creation and memory.
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Roosevelt
Richard H. Barker
Arthur M. Schlessinger Jr
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Schlesinger
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The Man in the White House A New Deal Portrait
Schlesinger presents a vivid history centered on Franklin D Roosevelt and New Dealers. The narrative traces policies from NRA to the Good Neighbor program, detailing figures like Wallace, Ickes, and Morgenthau while praising FDR as a complex yet humane leader.
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Jerome Frank
Lee Pressman
Adlai Stevenson
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Nathan Witt
Alger Hiss
Donald Richberg
Hugh Johnson
NRA
Blue Eagle
Cordell Hull
London Economic Conference
Raymond Moley
Manchuria
Ethiopia
Hitler
United States
Johnson
Schlesinger
Frontier
George Peek
Gardner Jackson
Modigliani Life and Myth Reexamined in Paris Return
Jeanne Modigliani pulls back myths surrounding Amedeo Modigliani in a new study translated from Italian. She argues he did not clash with family over art, began painting before Paris, and did not rely on alcohol or drugs to work. The book counters portrayals of bohemian excess that oversimplify the artist’s life.
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Jeanne Hebuterne
Modigliani
Paris
Italy
Matador Signs for Hollywood Bullfight Scenes
Warner Bros. signs Jaime Bravo a little known Mexican matador as technical adviser for bullfight sequences in The Miracle. Bravo also coaches Gustavo Rojo in matador portrayals for the adventure film starring Carroll Baker Roger Moore Walter Slezak and Vittorio Gaseman.
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Jaime Bravo
Warner Bros
Bravo
Gustavo Rojo
Carroll Baker
Roger Moore
Walter Slezak
Vittorio Gaseman
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