Quote by: Robert Dallek

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal eased but did not end the country's economic ills, a trio of leftist radicals - Sen. Huey Long of Louisiana; the Rev. Charles Coughlin, the Detroit radio priest; and Francis Townsend in California - enjoyed temporary notoriety as the spokesmen for nostrums promising more rapid and longer-term cures.


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Author Bio


  • NameRobert Dallek
  • DescriptionAmerican historian specializing in American presidents
  • BornMay 16, 1934
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship