A funny thing happened on the way to the White House humor, blunders, and other oddities from the presidential campaign trail

Osgood, Charles.

Large Print 2008

Culled from speeches, interviews, press conferences, as well as articles by and about the candidates, Charles Osgood offers a compendium of anecdotes from the last seventy years of presidential campaigns.

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ISBN:

9781410409812
1410409813

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

297 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
large print

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Hyperion, 2008

Contents:

The election of 1948: Truman vs. Dewey
The election of 1952: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
The election of 1956: Eisenhower vs. Stevenson
The election of 1960: Kennedy vs. Nixon
The election of 1964: Johnson vs. Goldwater
The election of 1968: Nixon vs. Humphrey
The election of 1972: Nixon vs. McGovern
The election of 1976: Carter vs. Ford
The election of 1980: Reagan vs. Carter
The election of 1984: Reagan vs. Mondale
The election of 1988: Bush vs. Dukakis
The election of 1992: Clinton vs. Bush
The election of 1996: Clinton vs. Dole
The election of 2000: Bush vs. Gore
The election of 2004: Bush vs. Kerry

LCCN:

2008020835

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611975

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