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Making of the President: Book 1
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Description edit
The book and the campaign it covered are throwbacks to an era more and more citizens, increasingly mired in sound-bites and tabloidism, are at least subconsciously desperate to resuscitate.
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy: Democratic nominee for the President of the United States of America in 1960
- Richard Milhous Nixon: Vice President of the United States of America. Republican nominee for the President of the United States America in 1960
- Dwight D. Eisenhower: President of the United States of America
- Lyndon Baines Johnson: Democratic nominee for Vice President of the United States of America in 1960
- Henry Cabot Lodge: Republican nominee for Vice President of the United States of America in 1960
- Nelson A. Rockefeller: Republican candidate for the nomination for President of the United States of America in 1960
- Adlai E. Stevenson: Democratic candidate for the nomination for President of the United States of America in 1960
- Hubert H. Humphrey: Democratic candidate for the nomination for President of the United States of America in 1960
- Stuart Symington: Democratic candidate for the nomination for the President of the United States of America in 1960
First Sentence edit
IT WAS invisible, as always.
Table of Contents edit
Author's Note
Part One
One: Waiting
Two: The Democrats: First Stirrings
Three: The Republicans: First Stirrings
Four: The Art of the Primary: Wisconsin and West Virginia
Five: Pre-convention Democrats
Six: Rendezvous at Los Angeles: The Democratic Convention
Seven: The Republicans: From the Summit to Chicago
Part Two
Prologue
Eight: Retrospect on Yesterday's Future
Nine: Kennedy for President: Round One
Ten: Nixon for President: Round One
Eleven: Round Two: The Television Debates
Twelve: Nixon for President: Round Three
Thirteen: Kennedy for President: Round Three
Fourteen: To Wake As President
Fifteen: The View From the White House
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Index
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 4 in Making of the President. (standard series)
Followed by The Making of the President, 1964.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Theodore H. White (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1961
ISBN: N/A
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Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1961
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: Add the page count.
Awards edit
- Pulitzer Prize (1962: General Nonfiction)
- National Book Award (Finalist, 1962: Nonfiction)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 324.9730921
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