WHISTLESTOP is a ride through the American campaign history with one of its most enthusiastic conductors guiding you through the landmarks along the way. Some of the most modern-feeling elements of the American presidential campaign were born before the roads were paved and electric lights lit the convention halls - or there were convention halls at all. In addition to the familiar tales, WHISTLESTOP also remembers the forgotten stories about the bruising and reckless campaigns of the nineteenth century when the combatants believed the consequences included the fate of the republic itself. Call Number: LC Collection E176.1 D5284 2016 (4th Floor).
At the bar at the end of a campaign day, these are the stories reporters rehash for themselves and embellish for newcomers. Polls & Prose Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories From Presidential Campaign History John Dickerson.
WHISTLESTOP tells the human story of nervous gambits hatched in first-floor hotel rooms, failures of will before the microphone, and the cross-country crack-ups of long-planned stratagems. As Mike Murphy the political strategist put it, "Campaigns are like war without bullets." The battle of ideas has a clear end, with winners and losers, and along the way there are sharp turning points - primaries, debates, conventions, and scandals that squeeze candidates into emergency action, frantic grasping, and heroic gambles. Presidential campaigns are a contest for control of power in the most powerful country on earth. Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History Dickerson, John 4.03 avg rating (874 ratings by Goodreads) Softcover ISBN 10: 1455540471ISBN 13: 9781455540471 Publisher: Twelve, 2017 This specific ISBN edition is currently not available. From Face the Nation moderator and contributing editor for The Atlantic John Dickerson come the stories behind the stories of the most memorable moments in American presidential campaign history. Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History moderator and contributing editor for The Atlantic About the Author. J/ 11:15 AM / CBS News (CBS News) - Today I posted a new edition of Whistlestop, my twice monthly podcast on presidential campaign history, on The Eagleton Affair, as Time.
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