An Evening with John A. Riggs, Author of High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America

On Tuesday, January 5 at 7 p.m. the Hudson Library & Historical Society will host a live virtual streaming event with John A. Riggs, author of High Tension: FDR’s Battle to Power America. The book tells the story behind one of the greatest peacetime achievements in United States history - the electrification of the entire nation under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Martin J. Sherwin, Pulitzer Prize-winning co-author of American Prometheus, calls this book “thoroughly researched and gracefully written…a gripping read for all.”