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Gubernatorial Authors Discuss Rockefeller, Roosevelt

A pair of authors shine a light on two the most accomplished New York governors.

11/28/2014 | Rating NR

New York NOW

Gubernatorial Authors Discuss Rockefeller, Roosevelt

Season 2014 Episode 49 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

A pair of authors shine a light on two the most accomplished New York governors.

Richard Norton Smith, whose exhaustive biography on Nelson Rockefeller just hit bookstores, spent the better part of the last 14 years writing 'On His Own Terms.' We discuss the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a man who has been researching the Hyde Park native for half a century, Geoffrey C. Ward, who is also a longtime collaborator of Ken Burns.

11/28/2014 | Rating NR

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New York NOW

Gubernatorial Authors Discuss Rockefeller, Roosevelt

Season 2014 Episode 49 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions

Richard Norton Smith, whose exhaustive biography on Nelson Rockefeller just hit bookstores, spent the better part of the last 14 years writing 'On His Own Terms.' We discuss the life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a man who has been researching the Hyde Park native for half a century, Geoffrey C. Ward, who is also a longtime collaborator of Ken Burns.

11/28/2014 | Rating NR

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