Title The presidential fringe : questing and jesting for the Oval Office / Mark Stein.

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Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

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Summary	In examining over thirty unlikely presidential candidates from the past two centuries, Mark Stein reveals how fringe candidates have impacted the nation's political landscape.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Before we begin: political tickets, please -- The first fringe candidates: "scattered" and "other" -- John Donkey: America's first cartoon candidate -- Joseph Smith: cult candidate? -- Leonard "Live Forever" Jones: High Moral Party -- George Francis Train: "Spread-Eagleism" -- Victoria Woodhull: first woman to run for president -- James B. Walker: from mainstream to fringe: Anti-Masonic Party -- Mark Twain: first celebrity candidate -- George Edwin Taylor: first African American candidate -- Will Rogers: Anti-Bunk Party -- Gracie Allen: Surprise Party -- John Maxwell: Vegetarian Party -- Homer Tomlinson: "King of the World" candidate -- Gabriel Green: Universal Flying Saucer Party -- Louis Abolafia: World Love Party -- Pat Paulsen: TV Comedian: STAG Party -- Eldridge Cleave: Black Panther: Peace and Freedom Party -- Dick Gregory: TV Comedian: Freedom and Peace Party -- Pigasus: Yippie Candidate -- Aftershocks: nobody for president -- Joan Jett Blakk: Queer Nation candidate -- Vermin Supreme: "Why not the worst?" -- Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey: Vampires Witches and Pagans Party -- Stephen Colbert: "Americans for a better tomorrow, tomorrow" -- Frank Moore: Just Makes Sense Party -- Keith Russell Judd: Federal inmate 11593-051 -- Roseanne Barr: first female serious comedian candidate -- Jimmy McMillan: Rent Is Too Damn High Party -- Naked Cowboy: independent in underpants -- Deez Nuts: Games with Balls Candidate -- Andrew Basiago: Time Travel Candidate -- Zoltan Istvan: Transhumanist Party -- In exiting: watch your step.
Note	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 27, 2020).
Subject	Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
	Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History.
	United States -- Politics and government.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Presidential candidates. (OCoLC)fst01075708
	Presidents -- Election. (OCoLC)fst01075747
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: 9781640120327 1640120327 (DLC) 2018003952 (OCoLC)1042082602
ISBN	9781640121232 (electronic book)
	1640121234 (electronic book)
	9781640121256 (electronic book)
	1640121250 (electronic book)
	9781640121249 (mobi)

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