Research Catalog

Title

Henry Morgenthau, Jr. : the remarkable life of FDR's Secretary of the Treasury / Herbert Levy.

Author

Levy, Herbert, 1927-

Publication

New York : Skyhorse Pub., c2010.

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Description

vii, 563 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Henry Morgenthau, Jr. explores the life of this native New Yorker, growing up in a business-minded family, spending most of his teenage years at boarding school, and feeling isolated from his peers. Morgenthau found true passion in farming, and it served him well during the years that FDR was governor of New York and again after Morgenthau's retirement from political life. Morgenthau established not only a working relationship with FDR during his presidency, but also a personal relationship, one that allowed him some freedom of expression in what he viewed as a sometimes intolerant era."--page 2 of cover.

Subject

• Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967
• Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945 > Friends and associates
• United States. Office of the Treasurer > Biography
• 1933-1945
• Cabinet officers > United States > Biography
• United States > Economic policy > 1933-1945
• United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The founding father -- Of birth and growing up -- Love, marriage, and property -- Life in Dutchess County -- In state government -- Washington, D.C. -- The war years and beyond -- The Morgenthau Plan for the reconstitution of Germany.

ISBN

• 9781602399716 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1602399719 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010013226

OCLC

• 464579712
• SCSB-10802407

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library