20 non-fiction books to watch for in 2012

Here’s a sampling of some of the more promising early 2012 nonfiction titles.

2. 'FDR and Chief Justice Hughes : The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal,' by James F. Simon

FDR and Chief Justice Hughes : The President, the Supreme Court, and the Epic Battle Over the New Deal By James F. Simon Simon & Schuster, 480 pp.

New York Law School professor James F. Simon tells the story of the struggle between two fascinating personalities – conservative Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes and the frustrated President Franklin Roosevelt who tried to “pack” the court with appointees more sympathetic to his concerns. (February)

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