| Description |
xx, 523 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-508) and index. |
| Contents |
January -- "My son will be president in 1960" -- "Independent as a hog on ice" -- "You're my boy" -- "Kicked in the head by a horse" -- "When Bobby hates you, you stay hated" -- "I am not a candidate for the vice presidency of anything" -- "An independent merchant competing against a chain store" -- "The rich man's Harold Stassen" -- "Committing a sin against God" -- "A little black bag and a checkbook" -- "All the eggheads are for Stevenson" -- "They were a dime a dozen" -- "A clean bill of health" -- "First blood for Kennedy" -- "We had to win on the first ballot" -- "Too shallow a puddle" -- "I'm not going to die in office" -- "He is not a big man" -- "A two-fisted, four square liar" -- The man who will succeed Dwight D. Eisenhower...Richard E. Nixon" -- "Why do you think they did that, Sammy?" -- "Nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution" -- "Matt Dillon ain't popular for nothing" -- "Nixon did everything but sweep out the plane" -- "I seen him, I seen him" -- "You bombthrowers probably lost the election" -- "The most dangerous man in America" -- "No one could tell him anything" -- "He felt cool, calm, and very alert" -- "They've embalmed him before he even died" -- "The bones of a single American soldier" -- "Senator Kennedy is in clear violation of the spirit of the law" -- "They know not what they do" -- "I'm just out for a little ride" -- "The help of a few close friends" -- "Dies irae." |
| Summary |
It was the election that would ultimately give America Camelot and its tragic aftermath, a momentous contest when three giants who each would have a chance to shape the nation battled to win the presidency. Award-winning author Pietrusza chronicles the pivotal 1960 presidential race. |
| Subject |
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1960.
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Presidential candidates -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
9781402761140 |
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1402761147 |
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