1960 : LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon : the epic campaign that forged three presidencies / David Pietrusza.
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.
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- ISBN: 1402761147
- ISBN: 9781402761140
- Physical Description: xx, 523 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Union Square Press, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-508) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Cast of Characters x -- 1 January 1 -- 2 "My son will be President in 1960" 2 -- 3 "Independent as a hog on ice" 19 -- 4 "You're my boy" 33 -- 5 "Kicked in the head by a horse" 53 -- 6 "When Bobby hates you, you stay hated" 61 -- 7 "I am not a candidate for the vice presidency of anything" 66 -- 8 "An independent merchant competing against a chain store" 77 -- 9 "The rich man's Harold Stassen" 95 -- 10 "Committing a sin against God" 109 -- 11 "A little black bag and a checkbook" 121 -- 12 "All the eggheads are for Stevenson" 131 -- 13 "They were a dime a dozen" 145 -- 14 "A clean bill of health" 157 -- 15 "First blood for Kennedy" 170 -- 16 "We had to win on the first ballot" 177 -- 17 "Too shallow a puddle" 190 -- 18 "I'm not going to die in office" 194 -- 19 "He is not a big man" 207 -- 20 "A two-fisted, four square liar" 213 -- 21 "The man who will succeed Dwight D. Eisenhower... Richard E. Nixon" 221 -- 22 "Why do you think they did that, Sammy?" 233 -- 23 "Nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution" 245 -- 24 "Matt Dillon ain't popular for nothing" 259 -- 25 "Nixon did everything but sweep out the plane" 268 -- 26 "I seen him, I seen him" 282 -- 27 "You bombthrowers probably lost the election" 291 -- 28 "The most dangerous man in America" 299 -- 29 "No one could tell him anything" 307 -- 30 "He felt cool, calm, and very alert" 320 -- 31 "They've embalmed him before he even died" 335 -- 32 "The bones of a single American soldier" 349 -- 33 "Senator Kennedy is in clear violation of the spirit of the law" 366 -- 34 "They know not what they do" 381 -- 35 "I'm just out for a little ride" 391 -- 36 "The help of a few close friends" 400 -- 37 "Dies irae" 411.
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