Presidential campaigns are a battle for control of power. Whistlestop tells the stories reporters and campaign aides rehash at the bar, each one adding an unknown tidbit. These are human stories full of drama and switchbacks, failures...
Political campaigns
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Author:Dickerson, JohnSummary: -
Author:Devoto, Pat CunninghamSummary:Tab and Tina, relatives of a founder of Ku Klux Klan, are whisked away to an interracial Civil Rights school one summer. There, they befriend both a black polio patient and the biracial daughter of a Yankee and a Civil Rights leader....
- Author:Johnston, David CaySummary:
Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump more closely than any other journalist working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man...
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Author:Summary:The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome. The chapters are written by leading professors of political science, journalism, and communications. They examine the...
- Author:Brown, Rita Mae.Summary:
Sneaky Pie takes a break from her mystery-writing to run for President of the United States. Sneaky Pie has an animal-friendly agenda that will unify all Americans--two-legged, four-legged, and even those who fly.
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Author:Didion, JoanSummary:In these coolly observant essays, Joan Didion looks at the American political process and at "that handful of insiders who invent, year in and year out, the narrative of public life." Through the deconstruction of the sound bites and...
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Author:West, CooperSummary:Frank Sheldon is trying (not very hard) to put his life back together several years after his dishonorable discharge from the military for “conduct unbecoming.” The handsome son of a wealthy businessman, he’s doing his best to avoid...
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Author:Fletcher, Frederick J.Summary:Media, Elections and Democracy examines campaign communication in selected industrial democracies. Klaus Schoenbach, Karen Siune, Doris Graber and a host of authors around the world contribute critical overviews of the systems in their...
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Author:Pelosi, ChristineSummary:Christine Pelosi presents leadership lessons from the campaign trail from a diverse array of over 40 public figures, lending advice for anyone who wants to run for office, advocate for a cause, or win a public policy issue. This book...
