by Sally Denton
Raymond Moley Collection. Hoover Institution. Stanford University, California.
John W. McCormack. Oral History Interview. March 30, 1977. Ethel G. Phillips Collection. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Massachusetts.
A Note on the Author
Sally Denton is the author of The Pink Lady, Passion and Principle, Faith and Betrayal, American Massacre, The Bluegrass Conspiracy, and, with Roger Morris, The Money and the Power. She has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Western Heritage awards, a Lannan Literary Grant, and has been inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and American Heritage.
By the Same Author
The Pink Lady
Passion and Principle
Faith and Betrayal
American Massacre
The Money and the Power (with Roger Morris)
The Bluegrass Conspiracy
Copyright © 2012 by Sally Denton
Published by Bloomsbury Press, New York
First U.S. Edition 2012
Electronic edition published in January 2012
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Denton, Sally.
The plots against the president : FDR, a nation in crisis, and the rise of the American right / Sally Denton. — 1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN 978-1-60819-359-2
1. United States—Politics and government—1933–1945. 2. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882–1945. 3. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882–1945—Adversaries. 4. Conservatism—United States—History—20th century. 5. New Deal, 1933–1939. 6. Depressions—1929—United States. I. Title.
E806.D465 2012
973.917092—dc23
2011023857