scottmartelle.com - Scott Martelle - About my latest book, 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America

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icon caret-right instagram pinterest linkedin facebook twitter goodreads question-circle facebook circle twitter circle linkedin circle instagram circle goodreads circle pinterest circle Scott Martelle author/journalist Current project William Walker Detroit Earlier books Events Contact A look at a pivotal year Inauguration Day March 4, 1933, a trip from the White House to the Capitol that must have felt much longer to Hoover than it did to FDR. I'm at work on a book that takes a look at a pivotal year in 2

Of course, research is a challenge here in Spring of 2021, with the Covid-19 pandemic keeping key archives and libraries shuttered. Wish me luck!

I'm a veteran journalist and sat on the Los Angeles Times editorial board from 2014-2021. Prior to that I worked freelance and, from 1997-2008 was an LA Times staff writer where, among other assignments, I covered presidential political campaigns. Other previous staff jobs included the Jamestown (N.Y.) Post-Journal, Rochester (N.Y.) Times-Union and The Detroit News.

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