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FDR takes the national stage with his appointment to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he's off to the races. No, that's not a crack on his bout with polio, although I finally get around to covering that today. Even with health and marital setbacks, FDR never lost sight of the high office he coveted, which carried him through to the triumph of 1932. 

Bibliography for this episode: 

1. Smith, Jean Edward FDR Random House 2008
2. Dallek, Robert Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life Viking 2017
3. Simon, James F. FDR and Chief Justice Hughes: The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal Simon & Schuster 2012

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