Presidential Campaigns - Hardcover

Paul F. Boller, Jr.

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195034201 ISBN 13: 9780195034202

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1984

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Teddy Roosevelt was once shot in the chest just before a campaign speech but he insisted on delivering his hour and a half oration anyway. Jefferson's opponents charged that if he were elected, all the Bibles in the country would be confiscated. A companion volume to Boller's Presidential Anecdotes, this book unveils the whole history of American presidential elections from Washington to Reagan.

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About the Author:

Paul F. Boller is Professor of History Emeritus at Texas Christian University. He is the author of many popular books on American History, including the bestselling Congressional Anecdotes and Not So!: Popular Myths about America from Columbus to Clinton

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*Praise for the first edition:

"For anyone seeking a lively resource book on America's quadrennial spectacle, Presidential Campaign is happily present."--The Washington Post

"An excellent handbook for the campaign junkie."--The Wall Street Journal

"[Boller] has a good eye for the offbeat and the ludicrous, and he spins the anecdotes together with the skill of the old-fashioned Yankee yarn master."--The New York Times Book Review

"Boller has a wonderful knack for extracting the color and drama from political events....Simply an entertaining survey containing a barrelful of interesting historical tidbits, well worth the reading."--Business Week

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