Dream Lucky: When FDR was in the White House, Count Basie was on the Radio, and Everyone Wore a Hat

A vivid evocation of the late 1930s traces its political, cultural, and religious climates, in an account that covers such topics as the rise of big band jazz, Amelia Earhart's round-the-world flight, and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.'s 'Don't Buy Where You Can't Work' boycott.