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Author:
Jordan, David M., 1935-
Title:
FDR, Dewey, and the election of 1944 / David M. Jordan.
Publisher:
Indiana University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xii, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Presidents--United States--Election--1944.
Roosevelt, Franklin D.--(Franklin Delano),--1882-1945.
Dewey, Thomas E.--(Thomas Edmund),--1902-1971.
United States--Politics and government--1933-1945.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Prologue: an evening at the Statler -- A nation at war -- Politics in midwar -- The Republicans -- The Democrats -- Willkie pushes hard -- President and Congress -- Wendell in wonderland -- The bandwagon rolling -- It looks like Dewey -- The Republican Convention -- Meanwhile, the Democrats -- The ailing president -- Will Roosevelt run? -- Who runs with Roosevelt? -- The Democrats arrive in Chicago -- Democrats in convention -- Campaign on the high seas -- The Republicans go to work -- Dewey heads west -- The battle is on -- The October campaign kicks in -- Death in October -- Dewey on the offensive -- FDR strikes back -- Down to the wire -- Bricker's campaign -- The man from Missouri -- The last days -- Election day -- Summing up -- Epilogue: the fourth term.
ISBN:
0253005620 (ebook)
9780253005625 (ebook)
0253356830 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253356833 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2011015425
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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