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Author Lewis, David Levering, 1936- author.

Title The improbable Wendell Willkie : the businessman who saved the Republican Party and his country, and conceived a new world order / David Levering Lewis.

Publication Info. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton and Company, [2018].

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Location Call No. Status
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  324.2 LEW    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  B WILLKIE, WENDELL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-WILLKIE LEW    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B WILLKIE, W.    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Elwood, August 17, 1940 -- "Grass-roots stuff" -- Puerto Rico to Commonwealth & Southern -- Willkie v. FDR: the politics of business, the business of politics -- 1940: political science and serendipity -- The Philadelphia story -- Saving the GOP to save freedom -- Pas de deux: Willkie and Roosevelt -- Exceptionalism at work -- One world or nothing -- 1944 -- not this time.
Summary Presents the story of the 1940s Wall Street attorney and presidential candidate to explore his advocacy of civil rights, promotion of America's involvement in international politics, and enduring legacy.
Subject Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944.
Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944. (OCoLC)fst00006184
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
Presidential candidates -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.
Politicians. (OCoLC)fst01069915
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidential candidates. (OCoLC)fst01075708
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1933-1945
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Biographies.
ISBN 9780871404572 (hardcover)
0871404575
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