Benjamin Roth
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"Roth's incisive diaries are more than a precious time capsule. They speak to our economic hopes and fears directly, and to the bewilderment of our own time."
—Jonathan Alter, The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
In the early 1920s, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer fresh out of the army. He settled in Youngstown, Ohio, a booming Midwestern industrial town. Times were good—until...
—Jonathan Alter, The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
In the early 1920s, Benjamin Roth was a young lawyer fresh out of the army. He settled in Youngstown, Ohio, a booming Midwestern industrial town. Times were good—until...