Nick Taylor
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When President Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1933, he was facing a devastated nation. Four years into the Great Depression, 13 million American workers were jobless. What people wanted were jobs, not handouts, and in 1935, after a variety of temporary relief measures, a permanent nationwide jobs program was created--the Works Progress Administration, which would forever change the physical landscape and the social policies of the United States....
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Pub. Date
1999.
Description
John Glenn's autobiography spans the events of the twentieth century. It is a story that begins with his childhood in New Concord, Ohio, in the aftermath of World War I. Glenn was a Marine fighter pilot in World War II and Korea. During the war he discovered the possibilites of aviation and space. He captures the excitement of space travel and his life after as an international businessman. He ten has a career as a U>S> Senator and then in 1998 a...