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02820aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 BEFD30CE4A4011EA8859373197128E48 003 SILO 005 20200208010019 008 180602s2020 nbu e b s001 0ceng c 010 $a 2018003952 020 $a 1640120327 020 $a 9781640120327 035 $a (OCoLC)1042082602 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d OCL $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Stein, Mark, $d 1951- $e author. 245 14 $a The presidential fringe : $b questing and jesting for the Oval Office / $c Mark Stein. 264 1 $a Lincoln, Nebraska : $b Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 264 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 4 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20200613010043.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20200402010449.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20200211014007.0 952 $l TFPI826 $d 20200208013554.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BEFD30CE4A4011EA8859373197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search