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100 1  Golway, Terry,|d1955-|eauthor. 
245 10 I never did like politics :|bhow Fiorello La Guardia 
       became America's mayor, and why he still matters /|cTerry 
       Golway. 
246 30 How Fiorello La Guardia became America's mayor, and why he
       still matters 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSt. Martin's Press,|c2024. 
300    vi, 295 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-283) and 
       index. 
505 00 |tNew Americans --|tArmy Brat --|tThe Flying Congressman -
       -|tIn Defense of Democracy --|tAt War, Again --|tThe Anti-
       Politician Politician --|tThe Immigrant's Friend --|tIdeas
       Before Party --|tRoaring Against the Twenties --|tHe Doth 
       Protest --|tBefore He Ran City Hall --|tNow We Have a 
       Mayor --|tDay in the Life of the Mayor: His First --
       |tTaking Command --|tModel Homes --|tThe City Takes Flight
       --|tWorking for Justice --|tComic Relief --|tFoiling Henry
       Ford --|tMediating Civil Rights --|tThe Refugees' Friend -
       -|tFinal Days. 
520    "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"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 La Guardia, Fiorello H.|q(Fiorello Henry),|d1882-1947. 
610 10 United States.|bCongress.|bHouse|vBiography. 
650  0 Legislators|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Mayors|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 
650  0 Italian Americans|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|xPolitics and government|y1898-1951. 
651  0 New York (N.Y.)|vBiography.