Dewey Defeats Truman
by:
Thomas Mallon (author)
In 1948, the small town of Owosso, Michigan, is electrified by the presidential campaign of native favorite Thomas Dewey. Just as voters must decide between Dewey and Harry Truman, so must bookstore clerk Anne Macmurray choose between two suitors-the ardent United Auto Workers organizer and his...
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In 1948, the small town of Owosso, Michigan, is electrified by the presidential campaign of native favorite Thomas Dewey. Just as voters must decide between Dewey and Harry Truman, so must bookstore clerk Anne Macmurray choose between two suitors-the ardent United Auto Workers organizer and his polar opposite, the wealthy young Republican attorney with political ambitions.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312180867 (0312180861)
Publish date: December 15th 1997
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
”Senator barkley and I will win this election and make these Republicans like it--don’t you forget that!”“I recommended an increase in the minimum wage. What did I get? Nothing! Absolutely nothing!”Harry S. TrumanA very jubilant HarryIn 1948 the Republicans thought they had a lock on the presidentia...
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