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Author:

Lewis, David L., 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.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporationa Division of W.W. Norton and Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvi, 371 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Willkie, Wendell L.--(Wendell Lewis),--1892-1944.
Politicians--United States--Biography.
Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
Biographies.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0871404575
9780871404572

OCLC:

(OCoLC)988282562

LCCN:

2018013302

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)