Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work by One or More Authors in Women's Studies, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA), 2016
Finalist, 28th Annual Lambda Literary Awards, LGBT Studies, 2016
Alan Bray Memorial Book Award, GL/Q Caucus of the Modern Language Association, 2016
“A vigorous, thorough examination of the New Deal programs, pinpointing Franklin Roosevelt’s successes and failures and much improvisation. . . . Finely delineated history, authoritative and skillfully fashioned.”-Kirkus Reviews.
"An unparalleled portrait. Written with verve, refreshingly free of jargon, and deftly weaving acute analysis into clear narrative, it manages both to tell the remarkable story of the most influential president since Lincoln while conducting an ongoing conversation with historians and biographers who have come before."--Max Paul Friedman, author of Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations
"An impressively researched project that will appeal to scholars of Roosevelt and the New Deal. . . . Daniels provides an exhaustive legislative history of the era while adding richness and complexity to Roosevelt's public life."--Journal of Southern History
"This is a huge and important account of FDR's presidency, based on a prodigious amount of work, largely in the public record, in newspapers, memoirs, and related materials, but with close attention to all of the relevant secondary literature."--Allan M. Winkler, author of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Making of Modern America
"It hardly seems possible that anything new can be said about Franklin Roosevelt at this date, but Roger Daniels has adopted an innovative approach which succeeds in offering us a fresh perspective on the man and his presidency. This is an astute narrative that forces a rethinking of key interpretations."--Ivan R. Dee "Well organized, well researched, and well written. . . Daniels does a wonderful job of engaging with the ongoing historiography of the time period."--H-SHGAPE, H-Net Reviews "Carefully researched and provides an uncommonly complete contextual analysis for virtually all of the president's public utterances, and thus for his political strategy."--Indiana Magazine of History "This outstanding study is essential reading for anyone who really wants to know and understand Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. There is massive research, an extensive bibliography, and a profound understanding of the times. Essential."--Choice
"A deeply researched and finely crafted biography and history of the greatest American president of the twentieth century. . . . In these times, when FDR's and our parents' and grandparents' memory and legacy are under siege, we should all read Daniels's new work and consider what we need to do today."--Harvey J. Kaye, author of The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great
