The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope

Prologue: Sunday, March 5, 1933 --
pt. 1: Lightweight steel. Security 
 "My boy Franklin" 
 "Miss Nancy" 
 Eleanor and Sara 
 Dilettante 
 "The medieval gnome" 
 The operator 
 The "ghastly affliction" --
Warm Springs dress rehearsal 
 "I've got to be it myself" --
pt. 2: The ascent: 1932. "Brother, can you spare a dime?" 
 "This doesn't go for above the neck" 
 "Try something" for "the forgotten man" 
 The Brain Trust 
 The hair-splitter 
 The "corkscrew candidate" 
 Off the reservation 
 Flight to Chicago 
 The Bonus Army 
 The trial of Jimmy Walker 
 "Hang Hoover!" --
pt. 3: The crisis: winter 1933. The perfect foil 
 Under the mattress 
 "Wooden roof" and other cabinetry 
 Nearly martyred in Miami 
 "Damn the secretary" 
 "Gabriel over the White House" 
 The hairy hand 
 Reluctant First Lady 
 "Like hell I will!" --
pt. 4: The Hundred Days. "Fear itself" 
 The consecration 
 "An injection of adrenalin" 
 "Action now" 
 That temperament 
 Holiday spirit 
 "Surpassing charm" 
 That voice 
 "The chief croupier" 
 Roosevelt's "tree army" 
 The blue eagle 
 Social Security 
 "Dr. New Deal" --
Appendix: Inaugural address, March 4, 1933 
 First Fireside Chat, March 12, 1933.